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  • Taking the Fifth

  • J. P. Beaumont Series, Book 4
  • By: J. A. Jance
  • Narrated by: Gene Engene
  • Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (450 ratings)

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Taking the Fifth

By: J. A. Jance
Narrated by: Gene Engene
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Publisher's summary

Homicide Detective J. P. Beaumont had little to go on: a body, definitely male and decidedly dead, with strange little puncture wounds.
Check out more of J. P. Beaumont's mysteries.
©1987 J. A. Jance (P)1993, 2006 Books in Motion
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Love JP

Cool, calm and collected. Love his style. Story a little complicated but holds your attention. Enjoy!!!!

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Surprising and Anxious Suspense

Great read. Scene was historic in characterization. Completely surprised by who the bad guys were.

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a good Hammer Davis read

good read
well crafted plot and characters have depth. download and enjoy this good book

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Good as ever

Wit, well narrated and as always a good story.

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Posh

Love everything about this narration and am a big fan of J.P. Beaumont - EXCEPT when Mr. Engene reads "posh" with a long O instead of a short O. Makes me nuts. Great story, though!

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Good stuff!

I wasn’t crazy about this narrator at first, but he has really grown in me. I found this plot line a little more predictable than the previous ones, hence the four stars there. Overall I am really enjoying this series.

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ANOTHER GREAT ADDITION TO THIS AUTHOR'S WORK


I feel that the fans of J.P. Beaumont will love this one. It is so typical J.A. Jance. I enjoyed every page of this one. Another reviewer has done a wonderful job of outlining the plot, so I will not repeat what is obvious. Jance's character developement (this author's strongest skill) holds very true to form with this work and we learn more and more of her detective Beaumont. We also get a look at the drug culture in that part of the country (Seattle of course) and some of the alternative life styles found their. This work has some fascinating twists (no spoilers here) and as one reviewer points out, just when you have things figured out, you get the rug pulled from under you. Of course, the book will be much better for those who have read the preceeding books dealing with this seattle Cop, but the book is also able to stand on it's own and is simply a good read. Recommend this one highly.

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Taking the fifth

Great book as always. You can never go wrong with a J P Beaumont book and Gene Engene reading it is the icing on the cake

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Book 4 in the series

Just startedlistening to Jance's books. She is a great writer, and these are her early works. A little bit weird to read about things happening in the 80s without cell phones and tons of computers in everyone's homes, but a g

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Taking the Fifth

A friend had introduced my to J.A. Jance books and I started the the Joanne Brady series and have enjoyed it. Read a few of the new Beaumont books but now have started at the beginning and working my way though. Beaumont has changed over the books which I find interesting. In this book Beaumont thinks or feels the main suspect is being framed. The book has interesting twists and turns and I was beginning to wonder how it was all going to tie together but Jance did a good job doing so. Enjoy the descriptions of Seattle.

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