Search - Dismissed With Prejudice

my copy is an ex library book

A Japenese inventor has commited hari-kari---or has he J P Beaumont must decide if it is murder and if so who and why. Very good story.

Another great JP Beaumont story.

Another great Beaumont story.

A JP Beaumont story. The blood at the scene belies any suggestion of an honorable death. Yet, to the eyes of the Seattle police, a successful Japanese software magnate died exactly as he wished--and by his own had according to the ancient rite of seppuku. Small errors in the ritual suggest something darker...

Japanese businessman Tadeo Kurobashi had many passions, including computers, poetry, money, and Samurai lore. So his suicide method of choice would naturally be the ancient art of seppku---what the uninitiated call "hara-kiri." But despite the bloody Samurai sword Kurobashi clutches tightly in his lifeless hand, Seattle detective J.P. Beaumont senses the dead software magnate played a less active role in his own demise. Because glaring errors have been made in the time honored Asian death ritual---which has Beau looking for someone with a less traditional passion...for cold blooded homicide.

Great read! Involved plot with several twists. I'm looking for more Jance books now.

Worth a second read. I did.