Breach of Duty

For the first time as a premium edition, a reissue of the fourteenth J. P. Beaumont novel by New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance.

The Seattle Police Department pairs seasoned homicide detective J. P. Beaumont with Detective Sue Danielson to investigate the suspicious arson death of an elderly Bitter Lake recluse.

The fourteenth installment traces the discovery of hundreds of thousands of dollars in uncirculated cash concealed inside a detached garage refrigerator.

Jance follows the partners through Snohomish County as the inquiry collides with skeletal remains uncovered in Seward Park. The Pacific Northwest setting frames an intricate puzzle of bitter neighborhood disputes and sudden violence.

• Cold Case Investigation: When Seattle homicide detectives examine skeletal remains found in Seward Park, physics professor Darla Cunningham identifies the bones as belonging to a Suquamish shaman whose disturbed resting place unleashes fatal danger.


• Partner Dynamics: Detective Sue Danielson balances complex caseloads with raising two young sons as a single mother, relying on Beaumont's guidance when her volatile ex-husband abruptly reenters their lives.


• Family Secrets: Inquiries into the victim's past lead to the prominent Considine banking dynasty, exposing a decades-old fatal tragedy on a Puget Sound bluff and a relentless extortion scheme.


• Department Politics: Captain Lawrence Powell's sudden retirement throws the homicide division into turmoil, forcing Beaumont into immediate conflict with an ambitious interim supervisor obsessed with closing cases on paper.


• Also by This Author: Nothing to Lose, Second Watch and Missing and Endangered.