Still Dead
by J. A. Jance
2020-07-19 01:28:35
An e-original novella from New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance, featuring a sneak peek of the next J. P. Beaumont novel, Proof of Life Since the disbanding of the Special Homicide Investigation Team, J. P. Beaumontâs biggest concern is...
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An e-original novella from New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance, featuring a sneak peek of the next J. P. Beaumont novel, Proof of Life Since the disbanding of the Special Homicide Investigation Team, J. P. Beaumontâs biggest concern is pondering whether he and his wife Mel should finally get a dog. But one voicemail from his old friend Ralph Ames is about to change that. Through Ralph, Beau has become involved in an organization called The Last Chance, which enlists a number of retired homicide investigators to tackle long-unsolved cold cases. The one that has just landed on Beauâs plate is a thirty-year-old missing persons case. The facts are muddy at best; Janice Marie Harrisonâs car was found abandoned near a bridge, and scratched in the dirt nearby was the word âsorry.â Itâs possible her death was a suicide, but her body was never found. And as Beau begins to investigate, he discovers that no one connected to Janiceânot her once-all-star football player widower, Anders; not her long-grieving sister, Estelle; not sheriff Gavin Loper, who was deputy sheriff at the time of Janiceâs disappearance; and not Andersâs second wife Betsyâis exactly what they seem. The question is, which of them knows the truth? And why have they kept it buried?
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