Second Watch

Second Watch
J. A. Jance

From New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance, a suspenseful mystery from the creator of Arizona sheriff Joanna Brady and Seattle homicide detective J. P. Beaumont.Getting old is hell. J. P. Beaumont is finally taking some time off to have knee-replacement surgery. But instead of taking his mind off work, the operation plunges him into one of the most perplexing and mind-blowing mysteries he's ever faced.A series of dreams takes him back to his early days on the force with the Seattle PD, and then even earlier, to his days in Vietnam, reminding him of people and events he hasn't thought about in years. Are they just drug-induced hallucinations? Beaumont isn't so sure. When tugging on those threads from long ago leads to present-day murders, Beau's suspicions are confirmed. Some bodies from the second watch just won't stay buried.

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First published in the UK by HarperCollinsPublishers 2014

First published in the USA by William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2013

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This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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Source ISBN: 9780007531967

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Version: 2014-09-15

Dedication (#uec9eae9a-611c-55e3-8836-183bee71f574)

For Bonnie and Doug and all those missing years, and for all those other great guys—the ones who came home and the ones who didn’t.And also for Rhys, one of the ones who did come home.Thank you.

Contents

Cover (#u32c4b29d-4568-52ae-87ed-5477c9654e80)

Title Page (#u12796a89-6dfa-511f-89a2-7d3a7146f22a)

Copyright

Dedication

Prologue

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22