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J. Jance is a new author for me and I'm delighted to have made the discovery! I enjoyed this book immensely and you can be sure I'll be looking for more books from J. Jance!

All of Jance's books are great, but the JP Beaumont eries is by far my favorite! Check them all out, they are great reads!

As this series progresses, Detective J.P. Beaumont shows his human side more and more. As the book begins, Beau is babysitting his former partner Ron Peters' daughters (on New Year's Eve, no less.) In the course of the book he is saddened by the impending death of his ex-wife, and has some nice moments with her second husband. He also sheds tears over the death of one of the book's central characters. There are no tears shed over the intial murder in the book--that of Donald Wolf, a biotech corporation executive. He is a womanizer, a rapist, and all around bad guy. The identity of the murderer seems obvious at first, but Jance manages to create new possibilities as the book progresses. Unlike her previous book, Lying in Wait, Jance ties up the loose ends and provides an unusual and strangely satifying end. If this is ever made into a movie, Katherine Hepburn should play Grace Highsmith.

Name Withheld, is the third Jance book I have read and while Trial by Fury was by the best so far, this book was excellent in its own right. It makes JP Beaumont seem very real and likable. The plot twists and turns make you keep reading and overall it makes me want to go to the bookstore and grab another Jance book just to see what Beaumont will be up to next.