Dance of the Bones

by J. A. Jance
J.R. Horne

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J. P. Beaumont and Brandon Walker, two of New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance's most acclaimed series characters, join forces for the first time in one of the most suspenseful works of her career.

Years ago, Amos Warren, a prospector, was gunned down out in the desert and Sheriff Brandon Walker made the arrest in the case. Now, the retired Walker is called in when the alleged killer, John Lassiter, refuses to accept a plea deal that would release him from prison with time served. Lassiter wants Brandon and The Last Chance to find Amos's "real" killer and clear his name.

Sixteen hundred miles to the north in Seattle, J.P. Beaumont is at loose ends after the Special Homicide Investigation Team, affectionately known as S.H.I.T., has been unexpectedly and completely disbanded. When Brandon discovers that there are links between Lassiter's case and an unsolved case in Seattle, he comes to Beau for help.

Those two cases suddenly become hot when two young boys from the reservation, one of them with close ties to the Walker family, go missing. Can two seasoned cops, working together, decipher the missing pieces in time to keep them alive?

Creators
- J. A. Jance
  
  Author
- J.R. Horne
  
  Narrator
Series

J. P. Beaumont
Publisher

HarperAudio

Edition: Unabridged
Release date

September 8, 2015
Formats
- OverDrive Listen audiobook
  - ISBN: 9780062395511
  - File size: 312105 KB
  - Duration: 10:50:13
Languages
- English
Reviews
- Publisher's Weekly
  
  Starred review from July 27, 2015
  Bestseller Jance’s 51st novel brings together two of her popular series characters—Seattle detective J.P. Beaumont and Arizona sheriff Brandon Walker—in a highly entertaining plot that honors both of these now-retired cops. Grounded in the legends and lore of the Tohono O’odham people, the story also delivers a solid look at the vagaries of justice. In 1970, Walker arrested John Lassiter for the shooting murder of Lassiter’s foster father, prospector Amos Warren. Still in prison after all these years and suffering from MS, Lassiter refuses a plea deal that might release him. Instead, Lassiter wants Walker to find the real killer, using the work Walker does with Last Chance, a volunteer organization of retired law enforcement experts. When a link is found to an unsolved Seattle case, Walker gets in touch with Beaumont. The kidnapping of two boys ratchets up the suspense. Jance (Cold Betrayal) satisfies fans of both series with an energetic plot resplendent with believable twists, leaving readers eager for Beaumont and Walker’s next outing. Agent: Alice Volpe, Northwest Literary Agency.
- AudioFile Magazine
  
  Jance's mystery, with its Native American backdrop set in the West, demands colorful portrayals of its many characters, but J.R. Horne's narration doesn't deliver. There are two big issues: Men and women aren't differentiated at all. And personalities, which could be shaped by a narrator's deft touch, are a bit flat. A young person, various people in distress, and many others become embroiled in the plot, which is tied to a serious falling out between a pair of friends years earlier. All the characters are poised for creative voices, but the narration falls short. While sharp narration can perk up an average story, the opposite is also true. M.B. © AudioFile 2015, Portland, Maine
- Library Journal
  
  February 1, 2015
  Having perhaps put away the wrong man, Sheriff Brandon Walker hunts for who might have really killed a local prospector many years ago. That leads him to rain-drenched Washington State and Mel Shames, adjusting to her new job as the police chief in Bellingham and already targeted by a gun-crazy madman. Thus do two of Jance's series leads come together; with a 150,000-copy first printing.
  Copyright 2015 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
- Library Journal
  
  February 1, 2015
  Having perhaps put away the wrong man, Sheriff Brandon Walker hunts for who might have really killed a local prospector many years ago. That leads him to rain-drenched Washington State and Mel Shames, adjusting to her new job as the police chief in Bellingham and already targeted by a gun-crazy madman. Thus do two of Jance's series leads come together; with a 150,000-copy first printing.
  
  Copyright 2015 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
- Booklist
  
  September 1, 2015
  For the first time, retired detectives J. P. Beaumont of Seattle and Brandon Walker of Tucsoneach the protagonist in a separate Jance mystery serieswork together on related cold cases. Walker, who arrested Big Bad John Lassiter for the 1970 murder of Amos Warren, is asked to look into the case on behalf of Lassiter's adult daughter. The long-imprisoned Lassiter always maintained his innocence and pointed toward Ava Martin, his then-girlfriend, who caused friction between him and Warren. When the remains of a friend of Lassiter's are discovered in Seattle and murder is indicated, Beaumont is called to help. At the same time, violence erupts on the Tohono O'odham reservation, involving Walker's daughter, Dr. Lani Walker-Pardee, and her 13-year-old godson, Gabe Ortiz, whom she is trying to wean away from bad associates. Jance threads Tohono O'odham lore through the novel as the various plotlines intertwine in a narrative that starts slowly but gallops to a climax. The welcome return of Beaumont raises the possibility of more connections between series by this accomplished genre veteran.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2015, American Library Association.)