J. P. BEAUMONT’S INVESTIGATION OF A SEEMINGLY ACCIDENTAL DEATH UNCOVERS A COMPLEX WEB OF EVIL

Former Seattle homicide cop J. P. Beaumont faces trouble in the small town of Ashland, as both his personal and professional lives are thrown into turmoil. Beau’s daughter and son-in-law are having marital troubles, and his grandson, a senior in high school, shows up on his doorstep, wanting to live with Beau and his wife Mel as he finishes out the school year.

Meanwhile, a friend from his past asks for Beau’s help in looking into what appears to be an accidental death. A young man died of a fentanyl overdose, but those closest to him are convinced that he would never have used the drug, and that something much more sinister has happened. Beau agrees to unofficially reopen the case, and his investigation leads him to uncover similar mysterious deaths that all point to a most unlikely suspect.

As the case becomes more complicated than he could have imagined, and past and present mysteries collide, it will take everything Beau has to track down a dangerous vigilante killer.

Den of Iniquity is book number 26 in J.P. Beaumont’s saga. Between his first appearance in 1985, a lot of things have changed—for him and for law enforcement.

Beau has aged over time. In 1985 he was a divorced, middle-aged homicide detective with a serious drinking problem and a fractured relationship with his kids.

Now he’s much older and wiser--retired, remarried, and sober. But just because he’s retired doesn't mean he’s not still solving cases, often on a pro bono basis. When he’s referred to a grieving grandmother who insists her grandson’s fentanyl death wasn’t a suicide, he’s all in, especially since he finds out there are other deaths out there that not what they seem.

But the biggest shock to Beau’s system is having his 18 year-old grandson, Kyle, show up on his doorstep, saying he’s run away from home and needs somewhere to live.

Den of Iniquity is a study in contrasts as J.P navigates both a serial killer investigation and a very personal family crisis. It’s also a salute to this generation of grandparents who, all too often, end up being the parents of last resort to their children’s children.

JAJ