Search - Birds of Prey (J. P. Beaumont, #15)

Enjoyed this one immensely!

Loved it. the first of Jance's Beau books I read after having loved and read every one of her Joanna Brady books. Sure, he's middle-aged guy in Seattle instead of a young woman sheriff in Arizona, but once I got past the old fashioned narration (I had to think Thomas Magnum to avoid thinking Mike Hammer) I came to really care about this recovering alcoholic detective on a cruise with his long lost grandmother and his AA sponsor who's become his new step-grandfather.

"As much a tale of human frailty as it is a page-turning mystery...Set against the vivid and well-drawn backdrop of the beautiful Alaskan landscape, BIRDS OF PREY takes as many twists and turns as a ship navigating icy waters."

Jance leaves the southwest behind on this variation on the "locked room" mystery. A murder on a cruise ship limits the suspects, but it also ensures that there's a killer roaming around loose.

Beau is on vacation and trying to keep his sanity while he is stuck situated at a table with a group of women. One of which is a very crass woman that doesn't know when to keep quiet. This woman falls over board and there is controversy of whether she commited sucide or if she was murdered. There are undercover FBI agents on borad that ask for Beau's assistance. Can he stay on the wagon and out of trouble while he helps out?

JP Beaumont has retired from the Seattle Police force. He is on a cruise with his grandmother and her new husband. He is drawn into a murder.
Very good story

I don't think I've ever been disappointed with J.A. Jance. This was a great summer vacation book. Well written, moves along smoothly, good story line and had enough clues to keep you guessing.

Very good.

Another good JA Jance Novel.

VERY GOOD BOOK. I ENJOY THIS AUTHOR. FAST MOVING AND INTERESTING.

Very good story. J. P. did it again. What great characters !!!!!!!!!

A JP Beaumont mystery. The Starfire Breeze steams its way north toward the Gulf of Alaska, buffeted by crisp sea winds blowing down from the Arctic. Those on board are seeking peace, relaxation, adventure, escape. But there is no escape here in this place of unspoiled natural majesty. Because terror strolls the decks even in the brilliant light of day.........

The Starfire Breeze steams its way north toward the Gulf of Alaska, buffeted by crisp sea winds blowing down from the artic.. Those on board are seeking peace, relaxation, adventure, escape. But there is no escape here in this place of unspoiled natural majesty. Because terror strolls the decks even in the brilliant light of day...and death is a conspicuous, unwelcome passenger. And a former seattle policeman---a damaged Homicide Detective who has come to heal from fresh, stinging wounds---will find that the grim ghosts pursuing him were not left behind--- as a pleasure cruise gone horribly wrong carries him inexorably into lethal, ever darkening waters.

good yarn.