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  • Dance of the Bones

  • A J. P. Beaumont and Brandon Walker Novel
  • By: J. A. Jance
  • Narrated by: J. R. Horne
  • Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (435 ratings)

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Dance of the Bones

By: J. A. Jance
Narrated by: J. R. Horne
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Publisher's summary

J. P. Beaumont and Brandon Walker, two of New York Times best-selling 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' 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?

©2015 J. A. Jance (P)2015 HarperCollins Publishers
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Just ok

If you could sum up Dance of the Bones in three words, what would they be?

not very specail

What do you think the narrator could have done better?

seemed too close to microphone....distorted at times.

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I like how the author combined JP Beaumont and Brandon Walker together in a story. That was cool. I did not like every chapter beginning with a part of some Indian tale. A bit boring. I would have skipped those parts but not easy to do in an audio book. In spite of this, the was fast paced book and mostly held my interest.

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Wonderful Interweaving of Native American Stories

I particularly enjoy Jance's Joanna Brady stories of Arizona but the interweaving, so naturally, of the Native American folklore was my favourite part of this book. I hope Lonnie is a regular in the Brandon Walker novels. It reminds me of Tony Hillerman's wonderful mysteries.

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Don’t feel JPB was of value to this story

I was not easily involved in this story as I have been where JPB was the Central character.

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excellent native American stories

I had a little trouble when the characters switched, in a visual read there is probably a paragraph break, but the narration seems to barely have a breath. still a very good story. I had hoped for more JP, but good none the less. All the native American stories were fastenating.

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good story marred by narration

I'm a fan of Jance's J.P. Beaumont series, and J.R. Horne's is the perfect narrator for Beaumont. However, Dance of the Bones is primarily a Brandon Walker novel, incorporating Native American legends. Horne just isn't the right person to narrate this book. Ideal would have been to use him for the limited interface with Beaumont and use a female narrator for the majority of the book. I also fault the producer. There is no subtlety nor adequate transition between the legends and the real-time changes in setting. The narration has all the nuance of reciting a phone book. Too bad, since the story is solid.

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A number1 read!

A wonderful addition to the J A Jance collection! Thank you so much! Renee and Robert!

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Not what I thought I was buying

I bought this book because I thought it was a J.P. Beaumont book but it’s not. It’s a Walker Family story with a guest appearance by J.P. I’m a fan of J.P. Beaumont but not as it turns out of the Walker Family series. The historical Indian lore did not hold my attention.

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Different

This was quite different from the usual J a Jance books. It took about half of the book to begin to get involved in the story. I am not sure whether I have an interest in reading further Walker mysteries. There was very little JP Beaumont involvement, and I was expecting to hear a JP Beaumont book. It also seemed to start in the middle of the Walker series.

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Dancing is good

again. a wonderful story from an accomplished writer. loved the native stories also. Read 9n people

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Mishmash

Not your usual Beaumont type detective mystery. I prefer Seattle, NW themed locations. Takes too long to get Beaumont involved.

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