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Failure to appear : Book 11

J.P. Beaumont's frantic search for his runaway daughter has led him to the last place he ever expected to find her-- backstage at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. But the murders in this dazzling world of make-believe are all too real, and many more young lives are at stake unless he can unmask the villain.

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  • "J.P. Beaumont's frantic search for his runaway daughter has led him to the last place he ever expected to find her-- backstage at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. But the murders in this dazzling world of make-believe are all too real, and many more young lives are at stake unless he can unmask the villain."@en
  • "Beaumont tracks his runaway daughter to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, where he becomes involved in a double murder."@en
  • ""A desperate father's search for his runaway daughter has led him to the last place he ever expected to find her: backstage at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. But the murders in this dazzling world of make-believe are no mere stagecraft, and the blood is all too real. The hunt for his child has plunged former Seattle Homicide Detective J.P. Beaumont into a bone-chilling drama of revenge, greed, and butchery, where innocents are made to suffer in perverse and terrible ways. And many more young lives are at stake, unless he can uncover the villain of the piece before the final, deadly curtain falls."--P. [4] of cover."
  • "Seattle sleuth J.P. Beaumont seeks a killer in the theatrical world, a search that plunges him into the seedy and deadly world of kiddie porn, where an insane revenge play comes to life."@en
  • "A shattering tale of tragedy and horror from top ten New York Times bestselling author J.A. Jance."@en
  • "On the trail of his runaway daughter at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, J.P. Beaumont finds backstage the corpse of a rival p.i., another corpse, and a hint of kiddie porn."
  • ""Lean forward, grab on, and ride for adventure." So says Library Journal of J.A. Jance's last J.P. Beaumont mystery, Without Due Process. Now Jance's veteran police sleuth is back in Failure to Appear, tracking an insanely clever killer through the well-heeled world of actors, stage folk, and arts patrons. Beaumont doesn't exactly have a simple life, solving murders as one of the Rainy City's finest, staying sober one day at a time, and dealing with his frustrating new girlfriend. But when his eighteen-year-old daughter, Kelly, runs away to join a theatrical commune and announces her plans to marry a krumhorn-playing thespian, Beau hits the wall. He has no choice but to follow her south to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, thereby landing himself a part in a modern-day Greek tragedy. Murder enters stage left. One of Beau's unsavory acquaintances turns up very messily dead, and the Festival's beloved Juliet, Tanya Dunseth, is the star suspect. Trying to please a headstrong daughter, a difficult girlfriend, and an implacable exwife, Beau agrees to do what he can to clear the actress of the charge. Then a second corpse makes an appearance soon after the mysterious arrival of a kiddie porn tape featuring a very young Tanya in the leading role. Way off his beat, and faced with a territorial local cop who doesn't appreciate out-of-town help, Beau races against time to sort through the tangled plot lines before the final act of this deadly revenge play comes to life. With fascinating characters and tight plotting, Jance tells the story in the unflappable Beaumont style that her readers love and have come to expect. In Failure to Appear, she takes us to new turns in Beau's life and new heights of storytelling magic."
  • "Strained to the limits of his hard-won sobriety when his daughter runs away to join the theater, Beaumont pursues her to a Shakespeare Festival where two stars are murdered. Beau uncovers a real-life revenge play whose twisted director will stop at nothing to make sure the last body falls on cue."@en
  • "A desperate father's search for his runaway daughter has led him to the last place he ever expected to find her: backstage at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. But the murders in this dazzling world of make-believe are no longer mere stagecraft, and the blood is all too real. The hunt for his child has plunged former Seattle Homicide Detective J.P. Beaumont into a bone-chilling drama of revenge, greed, and butchery, where innocents are made to suffer in perverse and terrible ways. And many more young lives are at stake, unless he can uncover the villain of the piece before the final, deadly curtain falls."@en
  • "J.P. BEAUMONT TRACKS AN INSANELY CLEVER KILLER THROUGH THE WELL-HEELED WORLD OF ACTORS, STAGE FOLK, AND ARTS PATRONS."@en
  • "J.P. Beaumont's teenaged daughter Kelly has run off--and her trail ends at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. But in addition to his headstrong offspring, there's another surprise waiting backstage for the sober-but-struggled sleuth; the corpse of a sleazy rival p.i., apparently slain by the Festival's current "Juliet." Beau has his doubts about the young actress' guilt, especially when the investigation's Second Act opens with another body and a hint of kiddie porn. And his suspicions are leaving Beaumont volunerably center stage in a modern-day tragedy of revenge, deception ... and murder."@en

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  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Detective and mystery stories"
  • "Detective and mystery stories"@en
  • "Detective and mystery fiction"@en
  • "Mystery and detective stories"@en
  • "Suspense fiction"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"@en
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  • "Failure to appear : a J.P. Beaumont Mystery"@en
  • "Failure to appear : a J.P. Beaumont novel"@en
  • "Failure to appear : a J.P. Beaumont novel"
  • "Failure to appear : a J.P. Beaumont mystery"
  • "Failure to appear : a J.P. Beaumont mystery"@en
  • "Failure to Appear"@en
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  • "Failure to appear"

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