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Betrayal Of Trust (J.P. Beaumont #20)
by
J.A. Jance (Goodreads Author)
Seattle investigator J. P. Beaumontuncovers a dark and deadly conspiracy that reaches deep intothe halls of state government,in this latest thriller from New York Times bestsellingauthor J. A. Jance
At first glance, the video appears to be showing a childish game: a teenage girl with dark wavy hair smiles for the camera, a blue scarf tied around her neck. All of a sudden th...more
At first glance, the video appears to be showing a childish game: a teenage girl with dark wavy hair smiles for the camera, a blue scarf tied around her neck. All of a sudden th...more
ebook, 400 pages
Published
July 5th 2011
by HarperCollins e-books
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This thriller set in Washington state involves many issues. The state governor is shocked when she finds what appears to be a snuff video on her young ward's cellphone. She realizes she needs to know more, but she wants to avoid a media onslaught.
She calls the Attorney General for assistance and he brings in two officers from his Special Homicide Investigation Team, J.P. Beaumont and his partner (and wife) Mel Soames. These two are highly skilled, with lots of experience and work well together.
T...more
She calls the Attorney General for assistance and he brings in two officers from his Special Homicide Investigation Team, J.P. Beaumont and his partner (and wife) Mel Soames. These two are highly skilled, with lots of experience and work well together.
T...more
When I first started reading the JP Beaumont series almost 15 or 16 years ago, I wasn't crazy about JP. But then I was a newbie in AA and I suppose I saw myself in him, and didn't want to relive my preAA days. I don't remember which JP book I listened to or read after Ms. Jance had JP go into treatment.
Since then I have learned to have a new appreciation for JP. That maybe because we both have grown in recovery. I love his relationship with Mel and how well they work together. My best memory of...more
Since then I have learned to have a new appreciation for JP. That maybe because we both have grown in recovery. I love his relationship with Mel and how well they work together. My best memory of...more
'Seattle investigator J. P. Beaumont uncovers a dark and deadly conspiracy that reaches deep into the halls of state government, in this latest thriller from New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance
At first glance, the video appears to be showing a childish game: a teenage girl with dark wavy hair smiles for the camera, a blue scarf tied around her neck. All of a sudden things turn murderous, and the girl ends up dead.
It’s as bad as a snuff film can get, and what’s worse, the clip has been...more
At first glance, the video appears to be showing a childish game: a teenage girl with dark wavy hair smiles for the camera, a blue scarf tied around her neck. All of a sudden things turn murderous, and the girl ends up dead.
It’s as bad as a snuff film can get, and what’s worse, the clip has been...more
I think I have by now made it clear that I am a very great fan of J. A. Jance's novels, even though I have noticed in a few of them, as is the case here, that sometimes her endings seem to be superfluous subplot add-ons that she had originally intended to do more with but ran out either of steam or of publishing space. I don't really have a problem with that, other than that I had expected a more elaborate development of that subplot, which really is independent of and irrelevant to the mainline...more
It's been quite some time since I've read Ms. Jance. And I thought I remembered not finishing the last one because it wasn't very interesting. And I know a person's mood can affect whether or not they like a book. But whatever....I liked this one.
I so enjoy reading where the writing isn't "geared down", doesn't assume the reader is dumb. I also enjoy reading that isn't filled with foul language and swear words on every page. When the writer doesn't resort to that I figure the writer has enough c...more
I so enjoy reading where the writing isn't "geared down", doesn't assume the reader is dumb. I also enjoy reading that isn't filled with foul language and swear words on every page. When the writer doesn't resort to that I figure the writer has enough c...more
Before saying more, I have to say that this was my first J.A. Jance novel. I would also read the book again, so I thought it was a good read overall.
Something was bothering me the whole time I was reading, and I could not figure out until the very end what it was. The characters were developed well, the plot was good, and the conclusion didn't leave anything to the imagination. In the end, I felt that the book lacked passion. To me, it felt that the author neatly developed the plot and made sure...more
Something was bothering me the whole time I was reading, and I could not figure out until the very end what it was. The characters were developed well, the plot was good, and the conclusion didn't leave anything to the imagination. In the end, I felt that the book lacked passion. To me, it felt that the author neatly developed the plot and made sure...more
The plot line that began with a teenage snuff film sent to a cell phone kept me reading.
It had sufficient twists, turns and characters to engage me to the end of the story.
What was lacking for me, is something I often talk about when reviewing a book in a series,
and that is being acquainted with the protagonist.
I never felt like I knew Beaumont and his wife, and adding to my confusion, he is described on
the book jacket as a PI, and in the story he and his wife work for an elite homicide division...more
It had sufficient twists, turns and characters to engage me to the end of the story.
What was lacking for me, is something I often talk about when reviewing a book in a series,
and that is being acquainted with the protagonist.
I never felt like I knew Beaumont and his wife, and adding to my confusion, he is described on
the book jacket as a PI, and in the story he and his wife work for an elite homicide division...more
This book is #20 in the detective series featuring Jonas Piedmont (“J.P” or “Beau”) Beaumont, an investigator with Washington State Special Homicide in Seattle. Beau’s partner also happens to be his third wife, Melissa (“Mel”) Soames.
The State Attorney General, Ross Connors, contacts Beau and Mel to look into a special case: the step-grandson of Washington Governor Marsha Longmire has been caught with what appears to be a video of a snuff film on his cell phone. Soon Beau and Mel uncover a puzz...more
The State Attorney General, Ross Connors, contacts Beau and Mel to look into a special case: the step-grandson of Washington Governor Marsha Longmire has been caught with what appears to be a video of a snuff film on his cell phone. Soon Beau and Mel uncover a puzz...more
Another great page turner from J.A. Jance. I have enjoyed all of her series including the J.P. Beaumont series of which Betrayal of Trust is the latest entry. The Beaumont series is based in Western Washington state and I love all the references to the small towns such as Randall, Packwood and Pe Ell. J. A. Jance compares the backwoods Cascades town of Packwood to similar areas in the Ozarks which I do agree with. Towns a few miles off the I-5 are quite different than the larger cities of Seattl...more
Spoiled rich kids and their bullying was something I liked to see brought to light. I was equally glad that they got their come-up-pance. What I liked about this mystery was that, even though there were a lot of avenues the special homicide team had to go down in order to solve the crime, the storyline was always there. I never had to wonder, "What does this have to do with the story?" The mind-numbing false leads and trails to nowhere were interwoven into the bigger picture of the relationship...more
The fact that this novel is the 20th J.P. Beaumont book in the series speaks for itself. The novels have deeply drawn characters, tightly constructed plots, and enough imagination to keep a reader entranced throughout. “Betrayal of Trust,” of course, is no exception to that rule.
What starts out as a secret mission on behalf of the Washington State Attorney General and the Governor leads J.P. Beaumont and his partner and wife, Mel Soames, on a trail with deeper and much more nefarious consequence...more
What starts out as a secret mission on behalf of the Washington State Attorney General and the Governor leads J.P. Beaumont and his partner and wife, Mel Soames, on a trail with deeper and much more nefarious consequence...more
Almost 10 pages spent bringing the reader up to date. It's good as a reminder, but does go on a bit. The Washington Governor's fictional name is awfully close sounding to the current Governor. Curious. The character is not getting off to a good start - rather mean. It will be interesting to see how the story progresses. Only on page 35.
SPOILER
I liked the way this book ended with the grownups taking responsibility and forcing their children to deal with the consequences of their actions.
I enjoyed...more
SPOILER
I liked the way this book ended with the grownups taking responsibility and forcing their children to deal with the consequences of their actions.
I enjoyed...more
Having read all the previous books featuring J.P. Beaumont definitely makes it easier to like this book. I can understand some of the lukewarm reviews if you are not at all familiar with the main characters and what they do, or did in the past. The main plot of the crime is the death of 2 teens, the subplot line revolves around an email JP receives about his father's biological line. New readers may not appreciate this part of it as much as us old readers who have been privy to his feelings and...more
Was notified this morning-June 15-of winning this book and am looking forward to receiving and reading this J. A. Jance! Thanks Goodreads!
The book arrived this afternoon--in record time--let the reading begin! Thanks to Shawn Nicholls, Director of Online Marketing at William Morris, EOS and Avon.
J.A. Jance delivers another page turner with her latest J.P. Beaumont. New readers are brought up to speed quickly with pertinent background info for the main characters. Veteran readers of the series wi...more
The book arrived this afternoon--in record time--let the reading begin! Thanks to Shawn Nicholls, Director of Online Marketing at William Morris, EOS and Avon.
J.A. Jance delivers another page turner with her latest J.P. Beaumont. New readers are brought up to speed quickly with pertinent background info for the main characters. Veteran readers of the series wi...more
Another great page turner from J.A. Jance. I have enjoyed all of her series including the J.P. Beaumont series of which Betrayal of Trust is the latest entry. The Beaumont series is based in Western Washington state and I love all the references to the small towns such as Randall, Packwood and Pe Ell.
This book while being an excellent mystery covered many issues as well. Bullying was touched on as was the cruelty that teenagers can impart on one another and how it has been made more accessible w...more
This book while being an excellent mystery covered many issues as well. Bullying was touched on as was the cruelty that teenagers can impart on one another and how it has been made more accessible w...more
This novel presents the reader with a compelling story and a number of important messages.
Investigators J.P. Beaumont and his partner are summoned to the Washington State governor's residence. When they arrive, the governor shows them her step-son's I-phone. Someone has sent him a snuff film.
Upon questioning the defensive teenager, they question if he was involved or knew the people in the film. Later, they learn that the boy has also been subject to extensive internet bullying.
Politics, over pr...more
Investigators J.P. Beaumont and his partner are summoned to the Washington State governor's residence. When they arrive, the governor shows them her step-son's I-phone. Someone has sent him a snuff film.
Upon questioning the defensive teenager, they question if he was involved or knew the people in the film. Later, they learn that the boy has also been subject to extensive internet bullying.
Politics, over pr...more
It starts with a snuff film of a teenage girl being strangled with a blue scarf. Shocking enough, but more shocking still is where it is found - on the cell phone of the step-grandson of the governor of Washington. It was found by the governor herself who contacts her attorney general and soon J.P. Beaumont and his partner in life and on the job, Mel Soames, are being assigned to investigate.
J.P. and Mel are members of the attorney general's Special Homicide Investigation Team - that's right S.H...more
J.P. and Mel are members of the attorney general's Special Homicide Investigation Team - that's right S.H...more
Aug 04, 2012
Kathryn
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I rarely if ever read mysteries except for the Maisie Dobbs series which means I have never read anything by J.A. Jance. This book was my book club selection for this month. Oh my gosh I read this in TWO days, it was fantastic. I also loved that the book takes place in my home state of Washington. The crime was horrific and that's what turns me off about most mysteries, but this story was so well told and J.P. and Mel were detectives I could relate to. Now the question is will I begin at the beg...more
I'm a fan of Johanna Brady but have read most of that series so have started on Beaumont and his wife , Mel who are both detectives in S.H.I.T.--Washington State Special Homicide Investigation Team. (an oversight of some bumbling bureaucrat naming it). The two detectives are married and approach a case with a deep understanding on one another and their individual capabilities.
They are investigating what on the surface seems a childish prank but ends in a teen age female body. Real trouble comes...more
They are investigating what on the surface seems a childish prank but ends in a teen age female body. Real trouble comes...more
Jun 21, 2011
Hadley
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Great entry in the JP Beaumont series...I was excited to win this on Goodreads and even more eager to read it once it arrived. I started as soon as I got the package.
It was a fast read and very well plotted. I thought it was a great entry...some of the last Beaumonts have seemed uneven to me (probably because I missed a chunk of them in the middle...my library is missing the middle swath), but this one was a great continuation of the prior ones and I felt like I was getting to know the characte...more
It was a fast read and very well plotted. I thought it was a great entry...some of the last Beaumonts have seemed uneven to me (probably because I missed a chunk of them in the middle...my library is missing the middle swath), but this one was a great continuation of the prior ones and I felt like I was getting to know the characte...more
My love-hate relationship with Jance continues. I love her plots, which are always an enticing combination of intersecting crimes, personal problems, and functional/dysfunctional relationships. I forgive the often pedestrian writing. In this novel, Jance returns to her original series character, Seattle police detective J.P. Beaumont. Trouble is, he acts and talks just like the female characters in her other series. This time I was particularly bugged by the sole gay character (who appears towar...more
I love books by J.A. Jance because they reel you from the first page. In this book, J.P. Beaumont and his wife/partner Melissa (Mel) Soames are special investigators for the State Attorney General's office and have been given the task of finding out about a snuff video that was on a cell phone belonging to the step-grandson of the governor. The governor had delivered the phone to the AG and asked that discretion be used in the investigation. As J.P. and Mel get further into the investigation, th...more
Main characters:
J.P. Beaumont and his wife and partner, Mel Soames
Washington State Attorney General Ross Connor's Special Homicide Investigation Team
Plot:
State's Governor finds snuff film of teen girl on her troubled adopted son's cell phone, and calls her friend Ross Connor for help, who calls in J.P. and Mel.
Sub-plot: J.P., raised by his single mother (now deceased), never knew his Dad. Out of the blue, he gets a letter from an unknown cousin whose mother is J.P.'s Dad's sister, now elderly an...more
J.P. Beaumont and his wife and partner, Mel Soames
Washington State Attorney General Ross Connor's Special Homicide Investigation Team
Plot:
State's Governor finds snuff film of teen girl on her troubled adopted son's cell phone, and calls her friend Ross Connor for help, who calls in J.P. and Mel.
Sub-plot: J.P., raised by his single mother (now deceased), never knew his Dad. Out of the blue, he gets a letter from an unknown cousin whose mother is J.P.'s Dad's sister, now elderly an...more
A very workmanlike detective procedural with a good plot, strong characters, and interesting story. The story starts with the governor of Washington State discovering a snuff video on her stepson's cell phone and she calls in detectives Beaumont and his partner Mel Soames (now also his wife) to discreetly handle the problem. She tells them to say they're investigating school bullying (a hot topic these days) as a cover for their questioning, which turns out to be more true that they thought. Goo...more
I just finished this book today and I think it is the best J.A. Jance book I've ever read. It moved along well and kept my interest. The sub plot is what really intrigued me because it has to do with J.P.Beaumont finally connecting with his father's family. He never knew his father because he died before he was born. The family didn't embrace J.P.'s mother and so he had nothing much to go on. His mother named him after the town where his father was from - Beaumont, Texas. In an unexpected twist,...more
I'm glad J. A. Jance brought J. P. Beaumont back. It seems as if years have passed since he was front and center in one of her books. He is by far my favorite character in her books. This time the state of Washington's attorney general asks Beaumont and his wife, Mel, to take the lead on a sensitive case involving the step-grandson of the governor. The governor discovers what appears to be a snuff film on the cell phone of the step-grandson. One thing leads to another and the Beaumonts work dogg...more
This is the latest entry in Jance's J.P. Beaumont series. This was her first series and the one I like the best, probably because of the Seattle setting as well as the character himself. Very good plot here with twists and an interesting subplot concerning Beaumont's past. I also like the way Jance has Beaumont age, his knees giving him issues and his having to confront his infirmities. Probably would not be as enjoyable if you had not read the rest of the series; Jance does a good job in feedin...more
Jance is an author who regularly visits the library where my parents work as volunteers and my mom raves about how nice she is, so considering that as well as my recent growing love of mystery novels, I decided to try my hand at one of her books and was, for the most part, impressed. As with my favorite series, that of hardened LA homicide detective Harry Bosch, it was also fun to read a book with locations that I am familiar with. I thought the story was well put together, though my only compla...more
Nicely escalating tale involving J.P. Beaumont and his partner in life and work Mel Soames. Both still work for S.H.I.T. (Special Homicide Investigation Team) and become embroiled in the investigation of a snuff film that involves the governor. Widening circles of influence lead the team on a trail of destruction that will alter the lives of several families forever even as J.P. discovers more about his own past. An enjoyable addition to the series filled with the trademark self-deprecating hone...more
Jance should stay with Beaumont who was her first. She does a great job with him and his third or fourth wife as partners. The story is one of bullying, but in a unique setting, the governor's mansion. Turns out the governoe and Beaumont went to high school together and she asks for him specifically to be assigned to the case.
In addition to the bullying case, Beaumont receives information which may unlock the door about his origins and who his father really was. Dilemma, Dilemma...
Jance handle...more
In addition to the bullying case, Beaumont receives information which may unlock the door about his origins and who his father really was. Dilemma, Dilemma...
Jance handle...more
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Judith Ann 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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