Until Proven Guilty, J.A. Jance
Until Proven Guilty, J.A. Jance
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Until Proven Guilty

Author: J.A. Jance

Narrator: Gene Engene

Unabridged: 8 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/15/2004


Synopsis

The little girl was found murdered, her pink nightgown twisted around her throat. She was only five. The woman who came to the funeral to throw a single rose on the coffin was very much alive, and beautiful. The kind of beautiful that homicide detective J

About J.A. Jance

J.A. Jance is the New York Times bestselling author of the Ali Reynolds series, the J.P. Beaumont series, the Joanna Brady series, and the Walker Family series. Born in South Dakota and raised in Bisbee, Arizona, Jance lives with her husband in Seattle, Washington. Visit her online at JAJance.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Barbara on September 10, 2021

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

Goodreads review by Julie on November 25, 2011

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

Goodreads review by Marvin on August 26, 2011

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

Goodreads review by Howard on April 14, 2024

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

Goodreads review by Deb on August 13, 2019

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