Record Details

Catalog Search

Search The Catalog



Birds of prey : a novel of suspense / J.A. Jance.

Jance, Judith A., (author.).

Summary:

After 20 years in the Seattle Police Department, J.P. Beaumont has been put out to pasture. He has called it quits after the murder of his partner. Beau is on the Starfire Breeze, an Alaskan cruise ship, "for one reason and one reason only: to serve as my newlywed grandmother's chaperon." He's also getting mistaken for a gold-digging gigolo by a band of middle-aged divorcees, led by one Margaret Featherman, who carries an anything-but-featherlight grudge against her ex-husband, successful neurosurgeon Harrison Featherman. Is it just a coincidence (as both claim) that Margaret and Harrison are on the same cruise ship? Or that Margaret is doing her best to seduce one of her husband's patients, who in turn has a crush on the good doctor's daughter? But the biggest potential coincidence of all is a horrific one, when Margaret is pushed overboard into the icy Alaskan waters. The only witness to the murder is an Alzheimer's victim. But when Beau starts poking around (after mistaken identity issue number two, in which the captain conveniently assumes he's an FBI agent), he discovers that Harrison was himself the target of a conservative medical ethics group with a deadly agenda. As the ship moves slowly amidst the icebergs, Beau finds out that there's a lot hidden under these particular waters.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780380974078
  • ISBN: 038097407X
  • Physical Description: 390 pages ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: [First edition].
  • Publisher: New York : William Morrow, [2001]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Paging may vary.
Subject:
Beaumont, J. P. (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Police > Washington (State) > Seattle > Fiction.
Police.
Seattle (Wash.) > Fiction.
Genre:
Detective and mystery fiction.

Available copies

  • 63 of 65 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Johnston County Affiliated Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 65 total copies.
Sort by distance from:
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Kenly Public Library FIC Jan (Text) 38950008321889 Adult Fiction Available -
Public Library of Johnston County and Smithfield FIC Jan (Text) 38950008289367 Adult Fiction Available -

Accessibility Features

LDR 02737cam a22004338i 4500
001567941
003CARDINAL
00520190726141105.0
008000718t20012001nyu e 000 1 eng
010 . ‡a00059445
020 . ‡a9780380974078
020 . ‡a038097407X
035 . ‡a(OCoLC)317817365
040 . ‡aDLC ‡beng ‡erda ‡cDLC ‡dUtOrBLW
043 . ‡an-us-wa
08200. ‡a813/.54 ‡221
1001 . ‡aJance, Judith A., ‡eauthor. ‡0(CARDINAL)345914
24510. ‡aBirds of prey : ‡ba novel of suspense / ‡cJ.A. Jance.
250 . ‡a[First edition].
264 1. ‡aNew York : ‡bWilliam Morrow, ‡c[2001]
264 4. ‡c©2001
300 . ‡a390 pages ; ‡c24 cm.
336 . ‡atext ‡btxt ‡2rdacontent
337 . ‡aunmediated ‡bn ‡2rdamedia
338 . ‡avolume ‡bnc ‡2rdacarrier
4901 . ‡aJ. P. Beaumont mysteries ; ‡v15.
500 . ‡aPaging may vary.
520 . ‡aAfter 20 years in the Seattle Police Department, J.P. Beaumont has been put out to pasture. He has called it quits after the murder of his partner. Beau is on the Starfire Breeze, an Alaskan cruise ship, "for one reason and one reason only: to serve as my newlywed grandmother's chaperon." He's also getting mistaken for a gold-digging gigolo by a band of middle-aged divorcees, led by one Margaret Featherman, who carries an anything-but-featherlight grudge against her ex-husband, successful neurosurgeon Harrison Featherman. Is it just a coincidence (as both claim) that Margaret and Harrison are on the same cruise ship? Or that Margaret is doing her best to seduce one of her husband's patients, who in turn has a crush on the good doctor's daughter? But the biggest potential coincidence of all is a horrific one, when Margaret is pushed overboard into the icy Alaskan waters. The only witness to the murder is an Alzheimer's victim. But when Beau starts poking around (after mistaken identity issue number two, in which the captain conveniently assumes he's an FBI agent), he discovers that Harrison was himself the target of a conservative medical ethics group with a deadly agenda. As the ship moves slowly amidst the icebergs, Beau finds out that there's a lot hidden under these particular waters.
60010. ‡aBeaumont, J. P. ‡c(Fictitious character) ‡vFiction.
650 0. ‡aPolice ‡zWashington (State) ‡zSeattle ‡vFiction. ‡0(CARDINAL)345534
650 7. ‡aPolice. ‡2homoit ‡0(CARDINAL)249800
651 0. ‡aSeattle (Wash.) ‡vFiction. ‡0(CARDINAL)345535
655 7. ‡aDetective and mystery fiction. ‡2lcgft ‡0(CARDINAL)339076
8001 . ‡aJance, Judith A. ‡tJ. P. Beaumont mysteries ; ‡v15. ‡0(CARDINAL)345532
902 . ‡aMARCIVE 201809
902 . ‡aMARCIVE 201909
902 . ‡aMARCIVE 201912
902 . ‡aMARCIVE 202309
901 . ‡a567941 ‡bISxN ‡c567941 ‡tbiblio