Trial By Fury

After reading some of the newer Beaumont novels, I went back with a list to the library and began reading the early ones. Jance certainly knows what she's doing, and has consistently provided an exciting story, plot development and character development. This one is showing its age, though. Imagine f......more

This was written in 1986 so it was very dated in the technology sense. It is fun to read things from a time of pay phones and answering machines. The most interesting thing is that the murder and the detective work is the same as now. The only difference is there is more leg work without the compute......more

4 Stars for Trial by Fury: J. P. Beaumont, Book 3 (audiobook) by J. A. Jance read by Gene Eugene. Things seem to get more complicated as Detective Beaumont investigates the homicide of a high school coach. It’s fun to jump back in time before cellphones and computers. Back when detectives had to go......more

Grabbed this book at random because they were all out of romance paperbacks at the tiny public library across from the high school where I substitute teach. I'm so glad I got a look at JA Jance! J.P. Beaumont is such a great guy. He's not Sherlock Holmes, that's for sure. He's not a genius, and he s......more

I think the only fictional detectives who log more time in their vehicles than Beaumont and Peters are Tony Hillerman's Navajo tribal policemen Leaphorn and Chee and they have to cover the whole Navajo nation. Part way through this third novel in the Beaumont series, my wife and I downloaded a map......more