BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR...

Before he retired, J. P. Beaumont had looked forward to having his days all to himself. But too much free time doesn’t suit a man used to brushing close to danger. When his longtime nemesis, retired Seattle crime reporter Maxwell Cole, dies in what’s officially deemed to be an accidental fire, Beau is astonished to be dragged into the investigation at the request of none other than the deceased victim himself. In the process Beau learns that just because a long-ago case was solved doesn’t mean it’s over.

Caught up in a situation where old actions and grudges can hold dangerous consequences in the present, Beau is forced to operate outside the familiar world of law enforcement. While seeking justice for his frenemy and healing for a long fractured family, he comes face to face with an implacable enemy who has spent decades hiding in plain sight.

Unsure of what to do as the non-working spouse of a newly appointed police chief, Beau suddenly finds himself reluctantly put in charge of fostering a refugee Irish Wolfhound named Lucy who is unable to go along when, in the aftermath of a serious domestic violence situation, her previous family retreats to a shelter. With Lucy working backup, Beau is called on by the victim himself to investigate the murder of his long time rival and nemesis, retired crime reporter Maxwell Cole. And when push comes to shove, the once unwanted dog ends up not only saving the day but Mel Soames’s life as well.

JAJ