Breach of Duty: a J.P. Beaumont Mystery

Jonas Piedmont Beaumont has had it rough all his life. Raised by his hard-working, unmarried mother and disowned as a youth by his grandparents, he learned at a very early age how cruel life can be. Two marriages, a treacherous battle with the bottle, assorted midlife and moral dilemmas, and a few decades as a homicide detective haven't convinced him otherwise. When Beau and his new partner Sue Danielson are assigned the murder of an elderly woman torched to death in her bed, Beau finds himself distracted by sue's difficulties at home...distraction that turns to terror!.