Long Time Gone audiobook

Sometimes series sort of run out of gas but then other times, the series just keeps getting better. This has been the case with the J.P. Beaumont detective series. As far as I'm concerned, Long Time Gone has been one of the best if not the very best of the series so far. Beau has finally retired from the Seattle PD and gone to work for the Washington State Homicide Investigation Team. I'll leave it to the readers to recognize the unfortunate acronym for this agency. In this novel, Beau is visited by a mother superior at a small nearby convent who has been seen by a hypnotherapist for night terrors. It turns out that she had witnessed a murder at a young age and had completely repressed the memory but it eventually had bubbled near her consciousness in the form of nightly screaming sessions that had her nuns telling her she had to get treatment so that the rest of them could finally get some sleep again. Jance made this novel longer and more convoluted than most of the earlier novels of the series. Eventually, Beau's old nemesis Kramer and he are at logger heads but Beau gets to relish the fact that his new position gave him the upper hand. If you enjoy a good police procedural type of mystery that includes some nice touches of humor with well developed and likable characters, give this book a look. In my opinion, you won't be disappointed.

This was so good I stayed up later than usual to finish it. I love the way she carried two separate plots through the whole book. Each was a substantial story and made the book exciting. Beau is assigned to a cold case, a murder witnessed by a young girl who is now a Mother Superior in a local convent. She had suppressed all memory of the event until it resurfaced in her nightmares. As more information is uncovered, the cold case becomes a hot one, with additional murders being committed in the present day. At the same time, Beau's best friend and former partner, Ron, is accused of murdering his ex-wife. Jance introduces all kinds of savory and unsavory characters, and it's a joy to read her stories!

A nun is having nightmares and after therapy she remembers seeing a murder as a small child. It is a case that was never solved and JP gets involved. At the same time his former partner is accused of murdering his ex-wife, plus his partner’s daughter has a boyfriend who isn’t any good. The author does a good job of putting the different pieces together.

Good J. P. Beaumont novel that includes a mystery surrounding his friend Ron's family as well as one for the S. H. I. T. squad.

I have been waiting for this series to take a nose dive - as yet it has not happened. This book was fantastic. Beau is now working with The Special Homicide Investigation Team or the SHIT squad if you prefer. Beau is tasked with looking into a cold case now that an eye witness has come forward. The case is really interesting and it kept me guessing right up till the end - which is another way of saying I didn't put it together.At the same time as all of this Beau's best friend and ex partner Ron Peters finds himself as the prime suspect in his ex-wives murder.Both cases were well put together and we see of side of both Ron and Beau we have never seen before. Another great addition to JP series.

The kind of enjoyable mystery/thriller I was looking for. Such books are diversions from heavier reading and busy life. Having done my fix of Harold Adams, I was ready to find a detective to enjoy in Carl Wilcox’ stead (no sign of him in nearly seven years), and since Thomas Perry has seemed to abandon Jane Whitefield, I was looking for someone to join James Sallis’ thoughtful protagonists. Beau, J.P. Beaumont, retired Seattle P.D. officer now working for the state attorney’s office, proves to be that detective. Here, he is involved in two cases. One is the one he’s assigned, the murder recalled under hypnosis by a former high school classmate of his turned convent Mother Superior. Fifty years later, the case is very cold until she comes forth. The other case is one in which a good friend and former partner of Beau’s, Ron Peters, appears to be the prime suspect in Peters’ ex-wife’s murder. Conflict of interest prevents Beau from participating in this one, but friendship supersedes direct orders to stay out of it. In both cases, Beau ends up working with fellow investigator Melissa Soames, and the loner Beau re-considers having a partner as a result. They make a good pair. Beau himself is human, with a background that includes his previous employer, two former wives, some bad habits and times, and more. He ends up being a thoughtful, compassionate man doing a tough job with insight and feelings. The combination works in him and helps him with the cases. This is a good read. Beau is especially well fleshed-out, but the other characters are three dimensional, even the teenagers. The plot line is fun, with just the right amount of clues to keep the reader investigating alongside Beau, and a pace that keeps things moving. Ms Jance, I’ll be back!

Book Review:Beaumont has finally retired from the Seattle Police Department. The author's been toying with what to have him do next, but for the moment he works as an investigator for the State Attorney General, as part of the Special Homicide Investigation Team. I'll let you work out the acronym on your own. This is a family website. Needless to say the book is replete with jokes about this, and it's pretty fun. Two mysteries run through the plot, not exactly connecting but crossing one another in "Beau" Beaumont's mind. On the one hand there's the case he's supposed to be investigating, involving a middle-aged nun who thinks now that she saw, and suppressed the memory of, a murder fifty years ago. On the other hand, there's the case he's *not* supposed to be investigating, in which his friend, wheelchair-bound Ron Peters, is suspected of killing his ex-wife in a custody dispute involving their 15-year old daughter. My review: She is so good at character development and scene building that I always feel I'm right there in person. I'm especially fond of the Beaumont Series in Seattle.

It's been a while since I've read one of Jance's Beaumont novels, and this one made me wonder why that is. I used to consume them like candy. I've always preferred Beaumont to the Joanna Brady series. Beau has left the Seattle PD and moved to the state AG's special homicide investigative unit, but he still has to deal with the PD politics. He's working two cases in this outing, one a 50 year old cold case, the other a murder in which his former partner is a suspect. One of the things I always enjoyed about this series was the way Jance almost makes Seattle a character in the books. That's the case again in this book, with the extra added attraction that I have more familiarity with the locations since we moved to the area. And yes, we really do disdain umbrellas, drive like idiots on the rare occasion that we actually have snow, and try to stay off the roads entirely on sunny days because of the distraction of Mt. Rainier coming out to play and show itself off in the sunlight (to say nothing of causing snow blindness).

Long Time Gone (JP Beaumont #17) I have decided that Beaumont is the kind of man I'd be happy to have my son turn into. I'm not sure if this is the 3rd or 4th book I've read in this series but I really enjoy Beau. Unfortunately I'm not going to be able to read most of the earlier books in this series as they're not available on CDs but I highly recommend you start at the beginning if you can. As part of the S.H.I.T. squad (yup that's what it's called) Beau is asked to research an extremely cold case that one of his high school classmates believes she's witnessed. When it turns out that there's evidence of a cover-up that reaches into high society things start to get a bit dicey. This book is also where we see the beginning of Beau and Mel's relationship, Ms. Jance commented on how this story came to her when a fan shared police reports on a cold case. I love when authors acknowledge that often their stories come from places other than their own imagination

#17 in the J.P. Beaumont series. In #2,Injustice For All (1985), Beau's lawyer help Beau's partner, Ron Peters, regain custody of his daughters. In #13, Name Withheld (1996), Peters' ex-wife seeks custody of the girls and a social worker accuses Beau of being a deviant when he babysits them. Now in #17, Long Time Gone (2005), Peters' ex-wife is still trying to gain custody of the younger daughter. That's literary time, a custody battle for a minor that goes on for 20 calendar years over a spread of 16 books in the series. It's still a good read and series fans will be pleased.J.P. Beaumont inherits the case when a nun recalls the grisly details of an unsolved murder she witnessed as a child 50 years ago. Former partner Ron Peters' ex-wife is killed after trying to regain custody of their younger daughter and Ron is the prime suspect. Beau may be developing a romantic interest in his new partner, Melissa Soames.

Book on CD. I have read several of this J.P. Beaumont series, and enjoyed them all. One thing I love is how carefully J.A. Jance dipicts and interjects bits and pieces of Seattle culture almost seemlessly(ex. sledding on Queen Anne hill, normaly a vary busy street with busy streets at the bottom, a college kid must do). Even the school names are real, the ferry ...And we have had a bunch of cold cases solved in recent years, primarly do to science. The neatest detail of these books, is the lady who writes them. I met her at the Secret Garden Book Store in Ballard years ago, and chatted for a few min. My curiosity at the time was mostly why she made Beaumont a man, and how as a women she was able to go into such a male point of veiw, and be believable. I still come across friends here in Seattle who did not know they where written by a women. Enjoy.

What a great read, riveting and exciting - a real page turner - chock full of mystery, suspense, action, ... There were 2 mysteries/cases going on at once. I was stunned when he started investigating the cold case and there were fresh murders turning up around every corner. What was thought of by Beaumont as a boring, cold case and done just because the witness had connections turned out to be a real mystery...Wow! And the other case that involved his former partner and his family was just as exciting - I thought I had it figured out as to the 'who done it' but for the life of me I couldn't figure out the motive, again....Wow! I love the J P Beaumont charecter, thoroughly enjoyed this book

My sister recommended the series by Jance which features a rough-edged detective in Seattle, JP Beaumont, years ago when she was living in Seattle. Since I've visited her there several times, I am familiar with a lot of the places in the novels and that's fun for me. In this one, he comes out of retirement to work for the state attorney general's office, finds a new partner (which he never thought he'd do), and becomes enmeshed with the crime personally. I was so glad to see this book be written because I'd read all the others (in order!) about Beaumont, and he'd retired in the last one I'd read -- I was afraid the series was ended. But it's not! and there's another one on my to-read list!