With Second Watch, New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance delivers another thought-provoking novel of suspense starring Seattle investigator J. P. Beaumont. Second Watch shows Beaumont taking some time off to get knee replacement surgery, but instead of taking his mind off work, the operation plunges him into one of the most perplexing mysteries he's ever faced. His past collides with his present in this complex and thrilling story that explores loss and heartbreak, duty and honor, and, most importantly, the staggering cost of war and the debts we owe those who served in the Vietnam War, and those in uniform today.

Alice Madison, fresh from police academy, tries to seem like she knows what she's doing when she's assigned to stand guard over a young woman on suicide watch who was found burying the body of a newborn baby in the woods. Over the course of four short afternoons, Madison learns a little bit more about Christy Rae Finch--enough to set her off on her own investigation . . .

From the author of the bestseller First Avenue comes a look at life on the Second Watch for Seattle cops Katherine Murphy and Grace Stevens. As the first officers on the scene of a sadistic murder, Grace and Katherine take on a risky undercover assignment to search for the killer. Original.