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Title: Justice Denied

Author: J. A. Jance

Narrator: J. R. Horn

Format: Abridged

Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-10-07

Publisher: HarperAudio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Meanwhile, Beau's lover and fellow cop, Mel Soames, is given her own hush-hush investigation. A routine check on registered sex offenders has revealed a disturbing pattern: they're dying off at an alarming rate, and not all due to natural causes. Details of the latest death suggest an inside job, but Mel isn't letting this go. Suddenly, Mel's investigation becomes entangled with Beau's, and the two begin to uncover a nightmarish conspiracy that could involve people in high places - including their own top brass.

Members Reviews:

Justice Denied

This book was another in the. J.P. Beaumont Mystery Series by author J.A. JANCE. This was the first of the J.P. Beaumont Mysteries that I have read, and I am fairly certain it is the last. There were parts of the book that I did enjoy, however for the most part it called for suspension of reality way too much. For example, the Attorney General established a Special Homicide Investigative Team (SHIT). A task force of qualified law enforcement investigators selected to navigate politically charged homicide cold case investigations. The task force was known by its acronym (SHIT) which truly was a stretch of belief in a city as sophisticated as Seattle.

Investigators were charged with bringing closure to several sexual predator cases of men who had served their prison sentences and who had been released, but they never registered as sexual predators because they were dead. Likewise also being investigated were missing person cases who were also ending up dead, and the cases were tied together.

The book had many back stories that made it very confusing for this first time reader. The primary character was left dealing with the emotional residual effects of the death of two spouses, but the relationships which apparently originated in previous series were never explained. One of these spouses leaves him very rich, but you don't know how or why.

Likewise there were several back stories originating in the current book which just fizzled. For example the homeless shelter being run by the nefarious pastor Mark just packed up and went away, with no explanation. This was disconcerting as early on in the book he was a prime person of interest in at least one of the murders. Also the love interest of one of the murder victims disappears into the bowels of the YWCA never to be seen again, at least not in this volume.

The cast of characters is a mile long and not well developed, or is confusing and crosses the series lines over and over. This is not a series that I will revisit.

Good Book

Another good JP Beaumont book. I liked the earlier ones better when he was with Seattle PD but this is good. A little hokey with the acronym for the Special Homicide Investigative Team and Harry I. Ball who is always called by his full name.

A decent read

I read it. I finished it. I didn't dislike it. I didn't like it. For the price it provided decent entertainment, but I can't say that I feel compelled to return for more from this series. The characters seemed cut from cardboard - not badly drawn, just not very imaginative. The plot has some neat twists and the solutions don't strain credibility - once you've accepted the premise of the novel. I wish I could summon up more enthusiasm, but I can't.

Interesting Plots and great continuity

As with the whole series, there are interesting twists to the plots.