Trial by Fury: A Mystery (Mass Market Paperback)

by J.A. Jance (Author) "I was hung over as hell when Detective Ron Peters and I hit the crime scene at ten after eight on a gray and rainy..." (more)
Key Phrases: flour container, crime lab, Joanna Ridley, Candace Wynn, Darwin Ridley (more...)

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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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"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

• Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Avon (December 1, 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0380751380
• ISBN-13: 978-0380751389
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.2 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #32,157 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

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

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

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!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	Sebastian Fernandez (Tampa, Florida United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

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!

8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	R. Garrison "bob__g" (Highlands, NC USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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