Failure to Appear (J. P. Beaumont) [Kindle Edition]

J. A. Jance (Author)

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Product Description

A shattering tale of tragedy and horror from top ten New York Times bestselling author J.A. Jance.

A desperate father′s search for his runaway daughter has led him to the last place he ever expected to find her: backstage at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. But the murders in this dazzling world of make-believe are no longer mere stagecraft, and the blood is all too real. The hunt for his child has plunged former Seattle Homicide Detective J.P. Beaumont into a bone-chilling drama of revenge, greed, and butchery, where innocents are made to suffer in perverse and terrible ways. And many more young lives are at stake, unless he can uncover the villain of the piece before the final, deadly curtain falls.

About the Author

J. A. Jance is the New York Times bestselling author of the J. P. Beaumont series, the Joanna Brady series, the Ali Reynolds series, and four Walker family thrillers. Born in South Dakota and brought up in Bisbee, Arizona, she lives with her husband in Seattle, Washington, and Tucson, Arizona.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 240 KB
• Publisher: HarperCollins e-books; Reissue edition (March 17, 2009)
• Sold by: HarperCollins Publishers
• Language: English
• ASIN: B000JMKO96
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Too Predictable, December 23, 2011

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Ute - See all my reviews

This review is from: Failure to Appear (J. P. Beaumont) (Kindle Edition)

I tried to get into this author's work after reading the reviews, but I couldn't find much joy in the pacing, the plot, or the overall quality of her writing. It was similar to playing solitaire on the computer. Time flies but you're not really having much fun. Maybe the author has a computer bot writing these for her now.

4.0 out of 5 stars A Very Good Story With Some Good Twists, August 13, 2011

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K. Thalheimer "Beach Reader" (Long Island, NY) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Failure to Appear (J. P. Beaumont) (Kindle Edition)

Once you get past a certain point, the book is very good. It's Ms. Jance's typical JP Beaumont series book with a few very good twists & surprises thrown in. You'll not figure them out until Ms. Jance decides to let you in on them. It's nicely done, and I like Beaumont the best of her series characters.

To be honest, I almost put it down, had it not been for a Beaumont book. The first 75-100 pages are merely a tale of a dysfunctional family. It takes a while for this thing to get going. The end, as well, could have finished shortly after the antagonist meets a deserving fate. Some epilogue would have worked well. Here, there is no epilogue. Only chapters that continue after the main story is finished. Some is worthy; most is fluff.

The body of this book was strong enough for a good rating. The long beginning is tedious