Justice Denied audiobook

As you might guess from the rating, I really enjoyed this book. I thought that it was one of J A Jance's best. I read it on my husband's Kindle, after he purchased it for me. I think that J P Beaumont is the best of Jance's main characters. He has a long back story, having been married, divorced, and widowered--is that the right term? Now he is partnered with Melanie as they work on what used to be called 'cold cases,' but things heat up as they also take on the murder of a former convict, now religious mentor. The setting is Seattle and Bellevue, mainly, with a few side trips. I found it to be most enjoyable--like meeting an old friend.

Well, it's happened and in the words of Adrian Monk it's a blessing and a curse. I had read this book years ago but enjoyed it again this week. Can you say dementia? An entire new world in my reading life is opening but I don't want to admit why :(I really, really like J.P.Beaumont and how he deals with his demons while dealing with the bad guys. In fact, he's my fave character of Ms. Jance's. And she is one of my fave authors. If you've met her, you know why I say this. Extremely talented and such a nice human being.

I like how she weaves multiple murders of ex-cons together for JP and Mel to work on. As usual, you can visualize the areas of Seattle so well in her books. Excellent detail.

** spoiler alert ** J.P. Beaumont is a homicide detective in Seattle. He and his partner, Mel Soames, (Work partner and life partner) are investigating cold cases. The have found a pattern to some of the cases they are investigating. What they discovered is shaping up to a long term effort to remove sexual offenders from society.

Another good one.

Beau and his girlfriend Mel are assigned undercover investigations of murders of ex-cons that seem to be connected to possible law enforcement. The fact that the victims are all registered sex offenders brings suspicion to a group to which Mel belongs. Are the women taking it upon themselves to wipe out offenders they believe have not been punished enough? As always, Jance weaves into the story continuing developments in Beau's private and family life, as well as introducing interesting new characters. I love her writing style!

JP is investigating an ex con’s murder, it seems straight forward but some thing don’t add up. Jp’s partner Mel is in a group of women against sex offenders, she is given a hush-hush assignment to look into registered sex offenders and finds several are dying as soon as they get out of prison. The only clue tying them together is the sighting of a nun. A really good story about investigations.

It's been a while since I read one of the Beumont series. I found this interesting. Filled with a lot of action and twists and turns as J.P. and Mel try to figure out who is doing it and well as figure out their relationship. In the end the succeed of course.

Justice Denied is book eighteen in the J.P. Beaumont series by J. A. Jance. Seattle homicide investigator J. P. Beaumont caught a case of the death of LaShawn Tompkins, and to ensure he keeps the investigation quiet, J.P.'s partner Mel Soames is also involved in a secret investigation into the murders of registered sex offenders in Washington State. However, both J. P. Beaumont and Mel Soames did not realise that their investigation will intertwine with each other in a manner that had dangerous consequences. The readers of Justice Denied will continue to follow the twist and turns in J. P. Beaumont and Mel Soames investigations to see what happens. Justice Denied is the first book I have read by J. A. Jance, and I enjoy reading this book. J. P. Beaumont is another new series to add to my growing TBR list. I love J. A. Jance portrayal of her characters and the way they intertwine with each other. I like J. A. Jance description of the settings and the way the settings compliments this book. Justice Denied is well written and researched by J. A. Jance. The readers of Justice Denied will learn about living in Seattle. Also, the readers of Justice Denied will learn about how the Seattle PD does law enforcement investigations.I recommend this book.

This takes up where J. P. Beaumont has left the Seattle PD and gone to work for the state Attorney General's Office. He is still investigating homicides on the Special Homicide Investigation Team. Girlfriend, fellow investigator Mel Soames is a partner both on and off the job. Mel's straight-shooting, stick-to-it attitude is the greatest help on both investigations as well as family disputes (and there are plenty of both in this book). What begins with the death of an ex-con, turns into an investigation into a series of similar murders all involving ex-cons who have served time for crimes against women. In between the twists and turns of the investigations, are numerous unresolved family issues.

Jance writes two series in addition to other suspense mysteries. This title featured J. P. Beaumont, a gruff yet lovable investigator with the Washington State Attorney Generals Office.In this novel Beaumont and his partner Mel Soames are tasked to investigate a bunchy of old, cold cases. While Beau looks into missing persons cases, Mel is investigating old sex assault cases. The two of them finally come together, but not nearly soon enough. Along the way, they are aided by a forensic economist who helps them uncover trends of their cases.This book was not quite the same as her previous books. As Publishers Weekly put it, this was just not up to the caliber of Jance. Nevertheless, it was enjoyable.

This is the first in this series I have read--well at least I don't remember ever reading about Detective J.P. Beaumont. Beau and his partner, Mel (also the woman Beau is involved with) are working for the State Attorney General's Special Homicide Investigation Team (I love the acronyms in the book S.H.I.T. wonderful-put a smile on my face). Each are asked by their boss to conduct an investigation, but not to let the other partner know. Of course they each end up finding out but they end up having to work together since the 2 investigations are really the same. Murder, family history, smart remarks, great way the author intertwined the stories together. Overall a good book.

J.P. Beaumont and fellow cop and live-in lover Mel Soames were working on two separate cases. J.P. was investigating the murder of LaShawn Tompkin while Mel was investigating the deaths of registered sex offenders. When the two cops realized their cases were related, they combined their investigative skills. When they suspected who might be involved, they knew they had to tread lightly.I enjoy J.P. Beaumont series because the characters are life-like and the stories are ones that you can buy into. J.R. Horn’s storytelling put me in the mind of sitting in my granddaddy’s library listening to him tell war stories of his life as a homicide detective.

I've really enjoyed the last four Beaumont books, even though I must say I greatly prefer Crais and Connelly novels, but I ran out of those, so I may not be giving Jance her fair shake. My main complaint is that the books tend to get too busy with too many subplots and characters, some of which are more interesting than others and some of which seem to get short shrift when everything gets sifted down in the ending. I find Beau a likeable aharacter and enjoy the parts about this personal life and observations more than the mysteries.

#18 in the J.P. Beaumont series. This series brings the flavor of law enforcement in Seattle - it's fascinating to think of a major city's travel links being dependent on bridge traffic and ferry schedules.J.P. Beaumont works three cases. The murder of an ex-con, the disappearance of an engineer who vanished in 1980, and the deaths of several former felons. Mel Soames looks into the deaths of recently released sex crimes perpetrators. Unbelievably all assignments meld into one, except for the missing engineer. The detectives are helped by Todd Hatcher, a young economist.