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Dismissed With Prejudice By J.A. Jance ( Avon )
Release Date: 1989-06-01
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Top ten New York Times bestselling author J.A. Jance’s classic tale of suspense featuring Seattle detective J.P. Beaumont and his desperate race to track down a twisted killer. Japanese businessman Tadeo Kurobashi had many passions, including computers, poetry, money, and Samurai lore. So his suicide method of choice would naturally be the ancient art of seppuku—what the uninitiated call "hara-kiri." But despite the bloody Samurai sword Kurobashi clutches tightly in his lifeless hand, Seattle detective J.P. Beaumont senses the dead software magnate played a less active role in his own demise. Because glaring errors have been made in the time-honoured Asian death ritual—which has Beau looking for someone with a less traditional passion . . . for cold-blooded homicide.
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 No Predjudice ( iblack19 )
I came to J.P. Beaumont by way of the Joanna Brady series. Somehow DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE is a low standard for J.A. Jance. The beginning is fascinating when Tadeo Kurodashi, a Japanese businessman is discovered dead from a ritual suicide. J.P. is assigned to the case and heeds the remarks of a Japanese colligue that the death scene is staged.
The reader learns much about Mr. Kurodashi and J.P.'s creeping problem with booze, but the motives are vague which leads to a fuzzy ending.
If you're a fan of J.P. Beaumont it is a fast read, but doesn't add to the strength of the series.
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 A big disappointment
The book began well but ended badly. Nothing connected for me, and after reading the ending twice, still don't understand what the point was. The book could have been so much better. I'll try another J.P. Beaumont book hoping this was just a bad one.
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 Easy reading...a good story. ( kgannon )
I am a fan of J. A. Jance's Joanne Brady series and was first introduced to Det. Beaumont in Partner's In Crime; however, I first read the majority of the Brady series. Dismissed With Prejudice is only the second book in the Beaumont series that I have read. It was a good, quick and light read. Good beach or airport material as it is easy to put down and come back to.
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I've read a number of books in this series ( corinnique )
And I think this is one of the better ones. However, I had this feeling that the author was never completely in control of the plot, and the ending didn't come neatly together the way it does in the best mysteries. The motive seemed grossly inadequate -- even murderers usually have an understandable reason.
The plot involves a Japanese businessman who is on the verge of bankruptcy who is found dead -- apparently a ritual suicide. A Japanese crime scene person doesn't think it looks right for that, and the family insists the man (Tadeo) would never do that no matter how bad things were. J.P. Beaumont, the tough Seattle detective assigned to the case (who habitually bucks his incompetent bosses), takes their word for it and treats it like a murder. Shortly after the murder, two individuals connected to Tadeo are viciously attacked, and Beaumont finds himself trying to find the motive for both crimes and to discover who did this.
There is a side plot involving Beaumont's growing realization that he may have a drinking problem.
This was a book I definitely enjoyed getting back to, that moved along quickly. Somehow when I got to the ending, however, I was disappointed as I expected more sense to emerge than did. Somehow the last couple of chapters seemed kind of flung together. I also think more careful background research would have improved this book. I had the distinct impression that more was needed vis-a-vis the Japanese connection.
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 Another great Beau story. ( mrscdwhite )
Another great Beau story, so buy them all and read about the life and times of JP Beaumont.
You will see why I have fallen for this man.
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