JP Beaumont Books in Order
See the J.P. Beaumont books in order by J.A. Jance, with short summaries, crossover notes, series background, and a clear place to start.
Last updated: June 11, 2026
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Publication Order
28 books
Until Proven Guilty
by JA Jance
1985
When a little girl is murdered, Seattle homicide detective J.P. Beaumont is pulled into a case involving a dangerous religious world and a woman he cannot resist. The deeper he goes, the closer the secrets come to his own life.
Injustice For All
by JA Jance
1986
What should have been a quiet getaway turns ugly when Beau finds a dead man on a Washington beach and a beautiful stranger at the center of the scene. Politics, obsession, and murder turn his vacation into a nightmare.
Trial by Fury
by JA Jance
1986
A popular high school coach is found lynched in Seattle, leaving behind a pregnant wife and a pile of unanswered questions. Beau's investigation heads straight into passion, hate, and the kind of secrets that destroy families.
Taking the Fifth
by JA Jance
1987
A dead man and a bloodied stiletto heel send Beau into a bizarre murder case with ties to show business, labor trouble, and a stylish killer. It is one of his strangest crime scenes, and one of the most dangerous.
A More Perfect Union
by JA Jance
1988
A young woman's fatal fall from a Seattle high-rise looks wrong from the start. Beau follows the case into the world of ironworkers, dangerous job sites, and men with nerves of steel and deadly secrets.
Improbable Cause
by JA Jance
1988
A sadistic dentist is found murdered in his own chair, and Beau quickly learns that plenty of people had reason to hate him. The case grows darker as it exposes cruelty, abuse, and a rough kind of vigilante justice.
Dismissed with Prejudice
by JA Jance
1989
A software executive appears to have died by ritual suicide, complete with a samurai sword. One mistake in the staging tells Beau it was murder, and the truth leads into buried history and cultural blind spots.
Minor in Possession
by JA Jance
1990
At an Arizona rehab ranch, Beau is trying to get sober when his teenage roommate turns up dead with Beau's gun nearby. Suddenly he is fighting addiction, a murder charge, and a killer who wants him buried for good.
Payment In Kind
by JA Jance
1991
Two bodies found in a Seattle school district broom closet look like a classic crime of passion. Beau is not convinced, and the widower he believes may be innocent is hiding a secret even hotter than adultery.
Without Due Process
by JA Jance
1992
A respected cop and his family are slaughtered in their home, but one small boy survives by hiding. When whispers begin that the dead officer was dirty, Beau goes after the killer to save both the child and his friend's name.
Failure to Appear
by JA Jance
1993
Beau heads to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival to track down his runaway daughter, only to land in the middle of a savage murder case. Revenge, deception, and more bloodshed quickly turn the trip into a disaster.
Lying in Wait
by JA Jance
1994
A Seattle fisherman is tortured and burned aboard his own boat, opening a case with roots that reach back decades. Beau is forced to confront an old flame, wartime horrors, and a web of greed that never really ended.
Name Withheld
by JA Jance
1996
A hated biotech executive turns up dead, and too many people seem ready to confess. While Beau wrestles with family trouble of his own, he is dragged into corporate betrayal, personal grudges, and a killer he may not want to find.
Breach of Duty
by JA Jance
1999
An elderly woman is burned to death in her bed, and Beau and his partner Sue Danielson catch the case. What begins as a city murder grows into something shattering, with consequences that change Beau's world for good.
Birds of Prey
by JA Jance
2001
Still raw from personal loss, Beau joins his grandmother on an Alaskan cruise and finds murder waiting onboard. A killing caught on security video turns the trip into a closed-circle nightmare at sea.
Partner in Crime
by JA Jance
2002
When a murdered artist in Cochise County turns out to be part of a witness protection case, Beau is sent to Arizona to investigate. There he collides with Sheriff Joanna Brady, and the sparks are not all professional.
Long Time Gone
by JA Jance
2005
A nun's recovered memory points Beau toward a murder that has been cold for fifty years. At the same time, a fresh killing drags someone close to him under suspicion, making the case far more personal.
Justice Denied
by JA Jance
2007
The shooting of a former death row inmate looks simple until Beau starts digging. Soon he and Mel Soames are uncovering a conspiracy that reaches into family tragedy, sex offender cases, and people in very high places.
Fire and Ice
by JA Jance
2009
A serial killer is burning young women in Washington while Joanna Brady works an Arizona homicide that seems unrelated. When the two cases begin to converge, Beau and Joanna are forced back into each other's orbit.
Betrayal of Trust
by JA Jance
2011
A horrifying video found on the governor's grandson's phone sends Beau into a case involving murdered teenagers and powerful people. He and Mel soon discover that what looks like a prank has much deeper rot underneath.
Ring In the Dead
by JA Jance
2013
When veteran detective Milton Gurkey wakes beside a dead woman with the murder weapon in his hand, internal affairs is ready to pounce. It falls to Beau, once the rookie he tormented, to help clear his name.
Second Watch
by JA Jance
2013
Laid up for knee surgery, Beau expects downtime and gets something far stranger. Dreams and memories pull him back to Vietnam and his earliest days on the force, where old losses still demand answers.
Dance of the Bones
by JA Jance
2015
Brandon Walker asks Beau to help with an old Arizona murder that has unexpected ties to Seattle. Before long, the cold case turns urgent when two boys with links to the Walker family go missing.
Stand Down
by JA Jance
2015
With his old homicide unit gone, Beau is trying to adjust to a quieter life while Mel settles into a new job as police chief. Then Mel disappears, and he is suddenly back in the game with everything at stake.
Proof of Life
by JA Jance
2017
When Beau's longtime rival, crime reporter Maxwell Cole, dies in what looks like an accident, Beau is drawn into the case at the dead man's own request. The trail leads to grudges that have been waiting years to strike.
Still Dead
by JA Jance
2017
Beau joins a cold case group called The Last Chance and takes on the decades-old disappearance of Janice Marie Harrison. Everyone tied to the case has kept something hidden, and one lie has lasted far too long.
Sins of the Fathers
by JA Jance
2019
Retired life is not so quiet when someone from Beau's past arrives with a newborn and a plea for help finding a missing young woman. The search uncovers family secrets that reach straight into Beau's own history.
Nothing to Lose
by JA Jance
2022
Father Jared Danielson asks Beau to find his missing brother, Chris, reopening wounds Beau never escaped. The search pulls him from Washington to wintertime Alaska and back into the tragedy of Sue Danielson's family.
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