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inger70's review
3.0
Better than the first, although I could do without the awkward sex scenes, and I hope that Beau doesn't fall in love with someone after 36 seconds in every book. If so - well that guy is damaged goods.
The narrator is less than perfect. He tends to pause at odd places. I listened on 1.25x speed, which helped a little.
The narrator is less than perfect. He tends to pause at odd places. I listened on 1.25x speed, which helped a little.
ncrabb's review against another edition
3.0
J.P. Beaumont, the Seattle detective, is on vacation as this book opens. He is at a resort hotel not far from Seattle, and the state’s parole board is meeting at the same location. He investigates when he hears a woman screaming, and he finds her pulling a body out of the water. The dead guy is a member of the parole board, and his distraught female friend serves on it as well.
Did the parole board member die as part of a revenge killing stoked by a death row inmate? No one is sure initially, and before long, the woman Beaumont rescues (and beds within a few pages) is also dead. Looks like she got roaring drunk and drove Beaumont’s Porsche into the water. But not so fast. Beaumont investigates, and it’s not the easy suicide everyone else in town wants to believe.
I hope this series gets better; I’m a bit tired of not being able to tell the difference between the fictional Beaumont and the equally fictional James T. Kirk of the once-and-future starship Enterprise. No matter where they go, they bed the girl. In Beaumont’s case, the girl winds up dead shortly thereafter, but perhaps his sexual prowess captures them such that death is a small price to pay for all that whiz-bang stuff the night before. I’ve no idea. I just know it’s getting a bit tiresome.
That said, this held my interest and effectively shrank the miles on my morning walk today. It was worth my time, and I’ll read book three in this series, but not for several months.
Did the parole board member die as part of a revenge killing stoked by a death row inmate? No one is sure initially, and before long, the woman Beaumont rescues (and beds within a few pages) is also dead. Looks like she got roaring drunk and drove Beaumont’s Porsche into the water. But not so fast. Beaumont investigates, and it’s not the easy suicide everyone else in town wants to believe.
I hope this series gets better; I’m a bit tired of not being able to tell the difference between the fictional Beaumont and the equally fictional James T. Kirk of the once-and-future starship Enterprise. No matter where they go, they bed the girl. In Beaumont’s case, the girl winds up dead shortly thereafter, but perhaps his sexual prowess captures them such that death is a small price to pay for all that whiz-bang stuff the night before. I’ve no idea. I just know it’s getting a bit tiresome.
That said, this held my interest and effectively shrank the miles on my morning walk today. It was worth my time, and I’ll read book three in this series, but not for several months.
araidso's review against another edition
2.0
I have a mental list of books labeled "read when it's rainy and you're completely consumed with boredom" and this definitely makes the top. It's not a terrible story, not poorly written. The characters just make you cringe all the way through. It's to the point that it's entertaining to read and wait for the utterly predictable truth, to watch the characters run around doing exactly what we tell them not to - and what they KNOW not to if they have any common sense whatsoever. It's good to read it when there's nothing else to do and just predict every action out loud - maybe I'm just going a tiny bit mad.
pandabare1981's review against another edition
3.0
Definitely not my favorite J. P. Beaumont story. I do remember reading this book way back when I first discovered this series back in the early 2000's. I can't remember what my opinion was then, but it was the first part of the book that really bugged me for some reason. I think Beau comes off as kind of lady's man who can please any women and attract any women and that just makes my eye roll. I think the book is just dated. You could get away with that kind of masculinity back during the time it was written (masculinity is not bad, but toxic masculinity is), but it's a bit more frowned upon nowadays. I wish I would have written down one of the parts that really bugged me, but I think it was something along the lines of the female character not being very educated and smart and it seemed like it made him feel superior to her.
dontmissythesereads's review against another edition
3.0
Update March 22: Listened to this as an audiobook. It's fun revisiting this series from the beginning in a new way.
davidpaige's review
3.0
I read the first book of the series several years ago. This one takes places about six months after Ann Corley's death. I like J.P. Beaumont, and this is a good book as well. I think I might need to reread the first book now.
One of the most entertaining parts I've ever read in a book take place when Beaumont is arrested for murder. When word gets out, people spring into action, ready to take names.
One of the most entertaining parts I've ever read in a book take place when Beaumont is arrested for murder. When word gets out, people spring into action, ready to take names.
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