Trial By Fury (J. P. Beaumont Mysteries) [Kindle Edition]

J. A. Jance (Author)

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From Library Journal

This 1986 volume is one of Jance's J.P. Beaumont detective mysteries. Here, Beaumont is called to investigate when the body of a naked man is found in a dumpster. All feel sorry for the victim's pregnant wife, but as the story unfolds, Beaumont begins to question just how sorry she is that her husband is gone.

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Review

"Believable And Intense" -- -- West Coast Review of Books

"Jance's Artistry Keeps The Reader Guessing -- And Caring." -- -- Publishers Weekly

"Solid Entertainment" -- -- Kirkus Review

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Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 208 KB
• Publisher: HarperCollins e-books (March 17, 2009)
• Sold by: HarperCollins Publishers
• Language: English
• ASIN: B000JMKO7I
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)

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.

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36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars LEADING BASKETBALL COACH MURDERED -- BUT BY WHOM?, March 7, 1999

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Daniel J. Maloney "Daniel J. Maloney" (Saint Paul, MN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Trial by Fury: A Mystery (Mass Market Paperback)

A unknown black male is found heaped in a dumpster. J.P. Beaumont is on the case. Through a series of connections, Beaumont figures out who the man is: a leading high school basketball coach who just lost at the finals before he was murdered.Jance presents us with an entire array of suspects and they keep us interested and reading well into the night. Yet, there are definitely deadends, as promising though they may have first seemed, an interesting and distant wife who isn't laying her cards on the table, some racial issues bring cause for consideration of certain suspects, an angry father is brought into the mix and we just don't know whodunit until the very final pages -- yet with almost no clues, somewhere around a third of the way through the book, the reader may start to find their gut leading them in an unlikely direction. Gut reactions sometimes tell us a whole lot.Beaumont is entirely likeable and human. This is no supercop who is spit shined and blemish free. Beaumont's life is his job; other than that, things are a mishmash. He drinks too much at times, he has many life regrets, he doesn't get the respect he should get from his peers -- and yet, he remains true to his work, and of course, triumphs!A great character. Certainly a favorite among J.A. Jance readers.Really enjoyable, eminently readable mystery, as it should be... despite the lost sleep that may come with opening the cover!A Definite Winner!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars J.A. Jance sticks to her winning formula!, December 29, 2003

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Sebastian Fernandez (Tampa, Florida United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Trial by Fury: A Mystery (Mass Market Paperback)

This series keeps the ingredients that made it a winner from the start: a divorced detective that has lots of money and loves McNaughton's, a partner that only eats healthy food and lives with his two kids, a lawyer that was "inherited" together with the money and an obnoxious reporter that hates the detective's guts due to past rivalries. This mix makes the Beaumont series a highly enjoyable one. You can read each of these books in a few hours non-stop and be eager for more!

If you are not interested in reading the whole series you can still read this book alone, sine there is enough background information in it to fully enjoy it. Nevertheless, I would not recommend reading Injustice For All (if you are planning to read this one too) after Trial By Fury since the latter has information about the ending of the former.

It is hard to say which series is better, J.P. Beaumont of Joanna Brady. My recommendation is: READ THEM BOTH!

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars non-stop read!, February 28, 2000

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R. Garrison "bob__g" (Highlands, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Trial by Fury: A Mystery (Mass Market Paperback)

Excellent story--with a cliff-hanger ending of sorts--be prepared to want the next in the series.