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Injustice for All (1990)

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5550222027 (ISBN13: 9785550222027)
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It was like a scene from a movie: the beautiful blond screaming on a Washington beach, a dead man lying at her feet; the dashing Homicide detective arriving to offer kindness and solace to the distressed lady. What it wasn't was a restful vacation for J.P. Beaumont. And now a murderous mix of politics and passion is turning Beau's holiday into a nightmare – and leading the dedicated Seattle cop into the path of a killer whose bloodlust is rapidly becoming an obsession. My Review This is my second book to read in the J.P. Beaumont detective series. I found this book to be more intense then the first book in the series (Until Proven Guilty.) The book pulled me in right away because of a dead man being pulled out of the water by a woman. We learn this on the first page. With a beginning like that it made me want to go on to see why and how that happened. Of course in most mysteries parts of them are not as intense as other parts. So I didn't find the book to be intense throughout but the ending definitely was and brought everything together. When I read a suspense book I am always trying to put the pieces together to solve the mystery/crime. That is another reason why they hold my attention. There are 20 books in the J.P. Beaumont series and I know I will continue reading them.

On a lark, I picked this up from the $1 rack at Half-Price Books. I liked it. It's not necessarily one of my all-time favorite books. But it is a solid, enjoyable read in the mystery genre. The protagonist, J.P. Beaumont, is your typical hard-boiled police detective, softened up a bit for the Seattle P.D.I discovered after reading the story that this is the second entry in the series. I knew it wasn't the first, based on references to previous events. In this entry, Beau is recovering at the Rosario Resort from the events of the first book. A dead man shows up on the beach almost on page one. From there the body count mounts and the detective must deal with his healing emotions, his feelings for one of the victims and clues that don't add up.The writing is good. The characters are fine, though I question some of Beau's morals. And that's where some of the problems arise. I think the plotting that involves his relationships with other characters in the book are a bit hard to take.All in all, though, a good read.

What do You think about Injustice For All (1990)?

I love Jance’s writing and characters, but J. P. Beaumont is my least favorite. I guess Jance writes different characters for different tastes. Beau is a bit of a jerk in this book. I listened to the audio version and the reader makes him jerkier by being belligerent instead of gruff. Anyway, once again, Beau is a babe-magnet. He follows screams on the beach during a vacation and finds a beautiful woman who found the murdered body of her friend. Even though he is on vacation, Beau becomes involved in the investigation and, of course, the beautiful beach babe clings to him like Saran Wrap, until she is murdered. Beau knew the woman for a day or two, but he mopes about how important she was in his life and acts as if he knew all about her life. That aside, Beau invades the investigation and redeems his jerkiness in the end.
—Marca

J.P. Beaumont hasn't been able to get past his last woman's death. A vacation to Orcas Island in Washington State’s San Juan's has been ordered;but fate has other things in mind for Beaumont, namely, Ginger Watkins who discovers a dear friend murdered on the beach . As Beaumont tries to help Ginger he finds himself able to get past his struggles of grief. When Ginger is discovered dead in his car, Beaumont is not only devastated and horrified, but also very suspicious that she also has been murdered. In various tangles with local law enforcement officials, Beaumont gets to the bottom of the conspiracy just I'm time to save himself and Ginger's much disliked father-in-law.
—Marilyn

In this second novel in the series, Seattle Detective J. P. Beaumont is still with the Seattle police, still drinking, and still irresistible to gorgeous younger women who are fatally attracted to him. Having inherited what appears to be a multimillion dollar fortune (as well as a red Porsche and a superb personal attorney) in Book One, recently widowed Beau spends a week at an island resort trying to get over his loss. Naturally he encounters another femme fatale and another serial killer, this one with political connections. Bolstered by his ever-present MacNaughtons, he sets out to bring to "injustice for all." Since this book is written in the first person from Beau's point of view, male readers like myself will find it interesting to learn what the female author thinks is going through a man's mind during Beau's all too explicit sexual encounters.
—Megargee

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