Minor in Possession

✍ Scribed by J. A. Jance

• Book ID: 107978871
• Publisher: Avon
• Year: 1990
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 159 KB
• Series: J. P. Beaumont 8
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN: 0061196614

✦ Synopsis

A gripping story of buried truths, deceit, and sudden, brutal death from the New York Times bestselling author of "Long Time Gone."

All manner of sinners and sufferers come to the rehab ranch in Arizona when they hit rock bottom. For Seattle detective J.P. Beaumont, there is a deeper level of Hell here: being forced to room with teenage drug dealer Joey Rothman. An all-around punk, Joey deserves neither pity nor tears--until he is murdered by a bullet fired from Beaumont's gun. Someone has set Beau up brilliantly for a long and terrifying fall, dragging the alcoholic ex-cop into a conspiracy of blood and lies that could cost him his freedom . . . and his life.

From Publishers Weekly

Fans will be disappointed by a lack of imagination in Jance's ( Until Proven Guilty ) latest mystery featuring J. P. Beaumont, hard-drinking detective. When he checks into an alcohol and drug rehabilitation center in rural Arizona, the bad-tempered Beaumont is paired with an annoying roommate, Joey Rothman, who sneaks out after curfew to deal drugs and seduce girls. After spying his own visiting teenaged daughter smooching with Joey, Beaumont waits up for him with fists bared, joined by the irate father of a young patient whom Joey has impregnated. When Joey's body is found hanging from a tree, apparently plugged dead with Beaumont's gun, the police peg Beaumont along with the pregnant girl's father as their prime suspects. The two men team up with Joey's mother to find the killer. Beaumont, throughout, spouts cliches: "Her look of utter abandonment sliced through my heart like a hot knife." Despite a few dramatic mountainside car chases and fights with machine-gun-toting drug thugs, Jance's plot is plodding, disjointed and predictable.
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Review

“Jance’s artistry keeps the reader guessing -- and caring.” (Publishers Weekly [Starred Review] )

“Solid Entertainment” (Kirkus Review )

“Believable And Intense” (West Coast Review of Books )

Praise for J.A. Jance:“Jance delivers a devilish page-turner.” (People )

“J.A. Jance does not disappoint her fans.” (Washington Times )

“Suspenseful, action-packed.” (Dallas Morning News )

“Taut . . . entertaining.” (Entertainment Weekly )

“Credible and entertaining.” (Orlando Sentinel )