Nothing: To Lose A J.P. Beaumont Novel

by Joseph White

Years ago, when he was a homicide detective with the Seattle PD, J. P. Beaumont's partner, Sue Danielson, was murdered. Volatile and angry, Danielson's ex-husband came after her in her home and, with nowhere else to turn, Jared, Sue's teenage son, frantically called Beau for help. As Beau rushed to the scene, he urged Jared to grab his younger brother and flee the house. In the end, Beaumont's plea and Jared's quick action saved the two boys from their father's murderous rage.

Now, almost twenty years later, Jared reappears in Beau's life seeking his help once again-his younger brother Chris is missing. Still haunted by the events of that tragic night, Beau doesn't hesitate to take on the case. Following a lead all the way to the wilds of wintertime Alaska, he encounters a tangled web of family secrets in which a killer with nothing to lose is waiting to take another life.

76 pages, Paperback

Published February 22, 2022

Reviews

[Marty · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ah! Another book with my favorite cop/detective/PI. Although Beau is now in retired, in his 70s with two artificial knees, and is a dedicated “house husband” with a dog, he still has his brains, training, contacts, and the money to support his goal --- The goal this time is to finally bring some closure to an old painful chapter of his life. The events that precipitated this climax were told in a previous book, but you do not need to have read that book to understand the pressures on Beau in this one. ---------Twenty years earlier a partner of Beau’s was killed but her two young sons, Jared and Chris, were saved by Beau. Jared, now a Catholic priest asks Beau for help finding, Chris, who was last heard of as living in Homer, Alaska. Chris was last seen when he was 17.... Chris’s 16 year old girlfriend just found out she was pregnant. Her parents kick her out and she goes to live with an aunt. She assumes Chris left to live with his brother and other grandparents in Ohio. But --No one had seen him since the night he supposedly left, and noone ever thought of him as “missing.” ... until now. ... Can Beau bring a final end to this nightmare?