Stand Down (J.P. Beaumont #21.5) - J.A. Jance
Category: Crime
Narrator: J. R. Horne
Tags: Crime, Thriller, Adults
Life has shifted for J. P. Beaumont. After a tragic accident that devastatedand ultimately disbandedhis Special Homicide Investigation Team, he accepts that he has left homicide detection behind at this point, but he has a lot of unanticipated free time on his hands. Hes keeping busy with renovations on the new house that he and his wife, Mel Soames, the newly appointed chief of police in Bellingham, Washington, have bought. But new fixtures and paint palettes can occupy only so much of Beaus daily life, and Mel is encouraging him to return to where he is needed: investigating crimes., In the meantime, she is struggling to gain control of her new situation, cast into a department where some are welcomingand some are not. Its been a few months, and the tension in the police department is rising, but Beau realizes Mel has to tackle things in her own way, so he refrains from advising. But when Beau shows up one afternoon to survey the construction at their new house and finds Mels car the
