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Long Time Gone

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New York Times bestselling master J. A. Jance brings back J. P. Beaumont — one of the most enduring and endearing characters in contemporary fiction — in a riveting story about a shocking, long-buried case of murder ...

After more than twenty years of distinguished service with the Seattle Police Department, Jonas Piedmont Beaumont is now working for the Washington State Attorney's Special Homicide Investigation Team or, as it's more commonly referred, the SHIT squad. But the more things change, the more they stay the same.

An eyewitness to a fifty-year-old murder has just come forward, and Beau has been hand-picked to lead the investigation. While undergoing hypnotherapy, a middle-aged nun unexpectedly recalls the grisly details of a cold-blooded killing she witnessed when she was five years old. Though fear has kept these memories repressed for half a century, they've now risen to the surface to cast a harsh light on a deadly plot that spans two generations. And Beau's caught in the glare, facing a ruthless band of coconspirators willing to go to any lengths to keep their secrets hidden.

Filled with all of the Jance trademarks — heart-stopping suspense, deeply drawn characters, local flavor, intelligence, and humanity — Long Time Gone is a crowning achievement in this bestselling author's career.

Performed by Tim Jerome

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    • AudioFile Magazine
      Hooray for J.P. Beaumont's return in these two mystery cases! Harry Chase deserves kudos for his reading, which makes the fictional accounts totally believable as they demand listeners' attention from the first words to the last. One of the cases is a cold case suddenly grown dangerously hot. Both cases are set in the wondrous city of Seattle, where cleverly drawn characters, realistic language, and the subtle intensification of the action build suspense. A horrific recovered memory and a suspicious suicide demand listeners' complete attention. Welcome back, J.P. ,and thanks for a compelling ride. L.C. (c) AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      June 20, 2005
      Two family tragedies 50 years apart challenge J.P. Beaumont, Seattle investigator for the Washington Special Homicide Investigation Team, in bestseller Jance's taut, colorful 17th entry in a series that started 20 years ago with Until Proven Guilty
      . The state attorney general assigns Beaumont a cold case after a nun, Sister Mary Katherine, reports horrific dreams that indicate a long-repressed memory of witnessing a murder. But he's distracted when the former wife of his best friend, Ron Peters, is killed and suspicion falls on Ron's family, causing havoc. Jance is smart enough not to combine the two disparate cases in anything but locale, but she forces Beaumont to choose between friendship and duty—his relationship with the distraught Peters family forbids him from working their case, but he aches to help. The clever and complex plot line involving the nun shows Jance at her best, revealing a coverup that still threatens after many decades. The Peters plot is a frightening lesson in miscommunication, and though the reader may suspect the murderer early on, the stunning motive is only slowly revealed. While Jance writes without the humor of an Ed McBain or Robert B. Parker, fans of those authors will appreciate Beaumont. Agent, Alice Volpe at Northwest Literary Agency. 15-city author tour.

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