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Taking the Fifth (J. P. Beaumont Mysteries)

by J A Jance

Taking the Fifth (J. P. Beaumont Mysteries) Cover

Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

Top ten New York Times bestselling author J.A. Jance brings another stunning novel of passion, violence, and dreams turned deadly, featuring Seattle Homicide Detective J.P. Beaumont.

There are many bizarre and terrible ways to die. Seattle Homicide Detective J.P. Beaumont thought he had seen them all—until he saw this body, its wounds, and the murder weapon: an elegant woman's shoe, its stiletto heel gruesomely caked with blood. The evidence is shocking and unsettling, even for a man who prowls the shadows for a living, for it suggests that savagery is not the exclusive domain of the predatory male. And the scent of a stylish killer is pulling Beaumont into a world of drugs, corruption, and murder to view close-up a cinematic dream at its most nightmarish...and lethal.

Synopsis:

When a man is found murdered, apparently killed by a woman's stiletto heels, Seattle Homicide Detective J. P. Beaumont uncovers illegal union activities and such elusive clues as a pay stub and a matchbook. Reissue.

Synopsis:

It seemed like a most unlikely instrument of death: a lady's cobalt blue pump with stiletto heels. But the fact that it was caked with the blood of--and found damningly close to--a very dead man gives Seattle Homicide Detective J.P. Beaumont a solid lead into a case of lethal theatrics and unsavory union doings. He has a pay stub, a matchbook, one corpse--and an unsettling feeling of more to come. And he has a murder weapon. All Beau has to do now is find the woman who fills it.

About the Author

J. A. Jance is the New York Timesbestselling author of the J. P. Beaumont series, the Joanna Brady series, three interrelated thrillers featuring the Walker family, and Edge of Evil. Born in South Dakota and brought up in Bisbee, Arizona, Jance lives with her husband in Seattle, Washington, and Tucson, Arizona.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780380751396
Author:
Jance, J. A.
Author:
Jance, Judith A.
Author:
Jance, J. A.
Author:
by J. A Jance
Publisher:
Avon Books
Location:
New York, N.Y.
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Police
Subject:
Washington (state)
Subject:
Mystery & Detective - General
Subject:
Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural
Subject:
Detective and mystery stories
Subject:
Mystery fiction
Subject:
Police procedural
Subject:
Mystery & Detective - Hard-Boiled
Subject:
Beaumont, j. p. (fictitious character)
Subject:
Seattle
Subject:
Seattle (Wash.) Fiction.
Subject:
Beaumont, J. P.
Subject:
Seattle (Wash.)
Edition Description:
Paperback
Series:
J. P. Beaumont Mysteries (Paperback)
Series Volume:
13
Publication Date:
June 1987
Binding:
Mass Market Paperbound
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
311
Dimensions:
6.88x4.34x.98 in. .40 lbs.

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