A More Perfect Union (book 6) [Audio CD]

J.A. Jance (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1993

8 cd's approx 8.1 hours

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Books In Motion (1993)
• ISBN-10: 1581161336
• ISBN-13: 978-1581161335
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,399,725 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

J.A. Jance is the top 10 New York Times bestselling author of the Joanna Brady series; the J. P. Beaumont series; three interrelated thrillers featuring the Walker family; and Edge of Evil, the first in a series featuring Ali Reynolds. Born in South Dakota and brought up in Bisbee, Arizona, Jance lives with her husband in Seattle, Washington, and Tucson, Arizona.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars BEAU NOT UP TO FORM, February 10, 2001

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Kenri A. Mugleston - See all my reviews

This review is from: A More Perfect Union (Mass Market Paperback)

This J.P. Beaumont novel was not up to the same standards as the others I have read. There was no emotion. I also am seeing the same M.O. Beau tries to do some sleuthing on his own time, gets accused of murder and then goes to jail where the officers are hateful to him. Beau then makes a few phone calls and the officers apologize for their behavior and all is well.

In this novel Beau is investigating the Iron Workers Local after several workers die under mysterious circumstances. In order to work on the case he has to beg Kramer to let him on. How thoroughly sad.

The highlight of this book is that even when J.A. Jance isn't at her best, she is still better than most.

5.0 out of 5 stars A More perfect union, December 30, 2011

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shinerite - See all my reviews

This review is from: More Perfect Union: A J.P. Beaumont Novel (Mass Market Paperback)

Great book by a great author. I love her writing and anyone buying her books needs to look at her website and read the books in order.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Competent but routine crime novel, October 24, 2002

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F. J. Harvey "Cricket ,country music and a go... (Birmingham England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A More Perfect Union (Mass Market Paperback)

"J P Beaumont"-known as "Beau"-is a Seattle homicide cop with a private income ,a man whose job fills a need in him more emotional and psychological than monetary.While acting as technical adviser on a movie being shot near Lake Union,he stumbles across a body floating on the lake.Tha case is officially the provenance of the ultra ambitious cop "Paul Kramer"who insisits it is an accidental death;Beau is unpersuaded and continues to delve into the case.
The body is that of an ironworker-one of the people who put up iron girders on skyscrapers-and soon another ironworker is killed,by a fall on the job.
Beau's delving into the vase earns him official displeasure but he is vindicated when the deaths turn out to be murder and related one to the other.The bulk of the book concerns his unravelling of the case and it winds its way to a smooth but predictable climax.
These words sum up my view of the book0it is neat and tidy in execution but ,for me ,it never really took flight and transcended the functional level of being an agreeable time passer.
Beau is a character I have problems with mainly because in many respects he resembles the gifted amateur sleuth beloved of the "golden age "writers,and who just happens to be a cop.I could not swallow porsch driving cop with an apartment in Seattle's more upmarket area.
Polished and professional this will most likely be enjoyed by lovers of the "medium boiled "crime story