Dance of the bones

Dance of the bones

Judith A. Jance

eAudio - 2015

J. P. Beaumont and Brandon Walker, two of New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance's most acclaimed series characters, join forces for the first time in one of the most suspenseful works of her career. Years ago, Amos Warren, a prospector, was gunned down out in the desert and Sheriff Brandon Walker made the arrest in the case. Now, the retired Walker is called in when the alleged killer, John Lassiter, refuses to accept a plea deal that would release him from prison with time served. Lassiter wants Brandon and The Last Chance to find Amos's "real" killer and clear his name. Sixteen hundred miles to the north in Seattle, J.P. Beaumont is at loose ends after the Special Homicide Investigation Team, affectionately kno...wn as S.H.I.T., has been unexpectedly and completely disbanded. When Brandon discovers that there are links between Lassiter's case and an unsolved case in Seattle, he comes to Beau for help. Those two cases suddenly become hot when two young boys from the reservation, one of them with close ties to the Walker family, go missing. Can two seasoned cops, working together, decipher the missing pieces in time to keep them alive?

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Subjects
Beaumont, J. P. (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Police > Washington (State) > Seattle > Fiction.
Cold cases (Criminal investigation) > Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Suspense fiction.
Genres
Mystery fiction
Suspense fiction
Published
[United States] : HarperAudio 2015.
Language
English
Corporate Author
hoopla digital
Main Author
Judith A. Jance (author)
Corporate Author
hoopla digital (-)
Other Authors
J. R. Horne (narrator), Katie Ostrowka (producer)
Edition
Unabridged
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Physical Description
1 online resource (1 audio file (10hr., 51 min.)) : digital
Format
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
ISBN
9780062395511
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AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).
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Review by Booklist Review

For the first time, retired detectives J. P. Beaumont of Seattle and Brandon Walker of Tucson each the protagonist in a separate Jance mystery series work together on related cold cases. Walker, who arrested Big Bad John Lassiter for the 1970 murder of Amos Warren, is asked to look into the case on behalf of Lassiter's adult daughter. The long-imprisoned Lassiter always maintained his innocence and pointed toward Ava Martin, his then-girlfriend, who caused friction between him and Warren. When the remains of a friend of Lassiter's are discovered in Seattle and murder is indicated, Beaumont is called to help. At the same time, violence erupts on the Tohono O'odham reservation, involving Walker's daughter, Dr. Lani Walker-Pardee, and her 13-year-old godson, Gabe Ortiz, whom she is trying to wean away from bad associates. Jance threads Tohono O'odham lore through the novel as the various plotlines intertwine in a narrative that starts slowly but gallops to a climax. The welcome return of Beaumont raises the possibility of more connections between series by this accomplished genre veteran.--Leber, Michele Copyright 2015 Booklist

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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Bestseller Jance's 51st novel brings together two of her popular series characters-Seattle detective J.P. Beaumont and Arizona sheriff Brandon Walker-in a highly entertaining plot that honors both of these now-retired cops. Grounded in the legends and lore of the Tohono O'odham people, the story also delivers a solid look at the vagaries of justice. In 1970, Walker arrested John Lassiter for the shooting murder of Lassiter's foster father, prospector Amos Warren. Still in prison after all these years and suffering from MS, Lassiter refuses a plea deal that might release him. Instead, Lassiter wants Walker to find the real killer, using the work Walker does with Last Chance, a volunteer organization of retired law enforcement experts. When a link is found to an unsolved Seattle case, Walker gets in touch with Beaumont. The kidnapping of two boys ratchets up the suspense. Jance (Cold Betrayal) satisfies fans of both series with an energetic plot resplendent with believable twists, leaving readers eager for Beaumont and Walker's next outing. Agent: Alice Volpe, Northwest Literary Agency. (Sept.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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