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javamamanc's review
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
ladyhawknz's review
3.0
I enjoyed the JA Jance Joanna Bradly series and also had read a later JP Beaumont book so had to start back at the beginning of the series to see how things got started as enjoyed Beaus character.
Not a bad read, quick and easy.
Not a bad read, quick and easy.
skiracechick's review against another edition
3.0
I think the main character of this series is starting to grow on me. But it could be just the I love reading books based in places I’m familiar with (this one is based in Seattle, and it’s fun to hear all the early 1990s descriptions of places and things there). Okay now that I think shot it, I think it’s just the Seattle aspect. He just doesn’t come across to me as remotely attractive, yet apparently he gets a babe in every book (so far).
achoward's review
3.0
Book two down...And spoilers.
I'm plugging along, wondering if down the line in these books, Beaumont will not be sleeping with whatever woman shows up first, only to have her get killed off a few pages later.
I'm also wondering why, again, a seasoned detective would exhibit such idiotic tendencies: a woman finds the dead body of her friend in the water and pulls him out. While the local token dumbass smalltown cop bumbles around until his boss shows up, her room is ransacked and she winds up sleeping in Beaumont's room, with some extracurricular sex tossed in, as if no one can resist his charms.
After that, the story sort of falls apart. They have a likely suspect, who of course does not turn out to be the killer. But the worst part of the storyline is not that: it is the fact that Beaumont allows the woman to go off, alone, to an AA meeting, despite all the mystery swirling about and despite that he presumably cares for her. It just strains credibility that someone with supposedly so much experience would allow it given the circumstances.
A few more deaths, what seems to be a subplot about a couple of guys burning up homeless people tossed in for no reason whatsoever, and then we get to the inevitable conclusion where Beaumont gets shot (again!) and the bad guy falls through a skylight. An easy, ok read without too much in the way of excitement or surprise.
I'm plugging along, wondering if down the line in these books, Beaumont will not be sleeping with whatever woman shows up first, only to have her get killed off a few pages later.
I'm also wondering why, again, a seasoned detective would exhibit such idiotic tendencies: a woman finds the dead body of her friend in the water and pulls him out. While the local token dumbass smalltown cop bumbles around until his boss shows up, her room is ransacked and she winds up sleeping in Beaumont's room, with some extracurricular sex tossed in, as if no one can resist his charms.
After that, the story sort of falls apart. They have a likely suspect, who of course does not turn out to be the killer. But the worst part of the storyline is not that: it is the fact that Beaumont allows the woman to go off, alone, to an AA meeting, despite all the mystery swirling about and despite that he presumably cares for her. It just strains credibility that someone with supposedly so much experience would allow it given the circumstances.
A few more deaths, what seems to be a subplot about a couple of guys burning up homeless people tossed in for no reason whatsoever, and then we get to the inevitable conclusion where Beaumont gets shot (again!) and the bad guy falls through a skylight. An easy, ok read without too much in the way of excitement or surprise.
anedia's review
5.0
The main reason I started this series was it was available as audiobokk through the library. I think, though, Beau will end up as one of my favorite characters ever.
bookslayer's review
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0