Failure to Appear Author:J.A. Jance J.P. Beaumont's teenaged daughter Kelly has run off - and her trail ends at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. But in addition to his headstrong offspring, there's another surprise waiting backstage for the sober-but-struggling sleuth: the corpse of a sleazy rival p.i., apparently slain by the Festival's current "Juliet." Beau has his doubts abo... more »ut the young actress' guilt, especially when the investigation's Second Act opens with another body and a hint of kiddie porn. And his suspicions are leaving Beaumont vulnerably center stage in a modern-day tragedy of revenge, deception . . . and murder.« less