Until Proven Guilty

2.5 stars This is the first book in J.A. Jance's long-running "J.P. Beaumont" mystery series. Detective J.P. Beaumont (Beau) is a Seattle homicide cop who's recently acquired a new partner, Detective Peters. As the story opens Beaumont and Peters are assigned the case of a strangled five-year-old gi......more

The audiobook version of this detective story kind of threw me because the same man narrates Michael Connelly's superior Harry Bosch detective novels so my brain wanted to make J.P. Beaumont into Harry Bosch. Not going to happen. Not a bad start for the detective series, though. I liked the setting......more

I have now read two mysteries by J. A. Vance, Hour of the Hunter and this one, Until Proven Guilty. While the former was different due to its setting in Arizona tribal lands and its use of tribal legends, Until Proven Guilty is a more straight-forward detective novel and high on the adrenaline meter......more

3.5 Stars for Until Proven Guilty: J. P. Beaumont, Book 1 (audiobook) by J. A. Jance read by Gene Eugene. The detective finally gets the girl but unfortunately he can’t hold on to her for very long.......more

As the first book in this author's J.P. Beaumont series, this one had the feel to me of a writer excited about her craft and her story, but in too much of a hurry to get it all into type. The premise of the crime was good, as was the reveal of whodunit, but along the way, there was just too much hap......more