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Probably it was fitting justice: a dentist who liked inflicting ache was murdered in his own chair. The query is never who desired Dr. Frederick Nielsen dead, but of the several who arrived at the breaking stage, lastly. The dirty facts of this situation with its surprising revelations of violence, cruelty & cruel sexual abuse would be difficult for any investigator abdomen. But for Seattle Homicide Detective JP Beaumont, the worst aspect of the murderous puzzle will shake him into his really core – due into the fact what is exposed into him nothing less than the correct that means of unrepentant evil.
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March 25th, 2011 at 6:13 am
Jance is Ready for a Promotion,
Often, either late in a “mystery author’s” career or posthumously, the author is found by the “snobberati” at the NY Times or one of the weekly newsmags. Since these critics would hate to be caught reading mysteries, the author is labelled a “NOVELIST” by the critics and given a big push in the media. It happened to Raymond Chandler, Ross MacDonald, and John D. MacDonald among others. why wait until a deserving author is old or dead? It’s time to give early attention to J A Jance. Her work transcends the genre and becomes a tale of characters-characters as well developed as those of a fine Dickens novel. In Improbable Cause, Jance weaves these characters into the story surrounding a dentist who is a spouse abuser. Why he was killed is plain. Who killed him becomes an investigation of sympathetic characters, none of whom you want to see arrested for the crime. When an ex-con is implicated, Beaumont finds himself at odds with his superiors who would rather settle for the obvious and easy suspect. In a rather unique ending, Beaumont solves the case and at investigation’s end is covered with elephant manure and commended by the mayor. Although I had the killer figured early on (gut feeling, not clue finding) , the story carried me to the satisfying conclusion.
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|March 25th, 2011 at 6:53 am
Good, but not the best of J. P. Beaumont,
I genuinely enjoyed this book. J.P. Beaumont is one of my favorite detective characters. While he has the usual jaded outlook on life of a lot of fictional detectives, he does transcend the genre and is rather a complex person instead of the stereotypical hardboiled cop. In this book, the victim is distinctly unlikeable and the suspects are almost uniformly sympathetic. It’s the rare mystery where you want the reader to know the answer, but not necessarily the police. The reason I marked this one down a bit is because Beaumont seemed a little flatter somehow here and the writing somehow did not draw me in as usual. While one would certainly not expect a “dark night of the soul” in every book, one also should not expect to see him flattening out to become “everydetective” either. If you’re a Jance fan, this one is definitely entertaining and worth reading, though. If you’re new to her books, I woul suggest starting with the first book in the series – Until Proven Guilty.
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