Girls' Night Out

A J. P. Beaumont Short Story

De: J. A. Jance

Narrado por: Hillary Huber, Mike Ortego

An e-original short story from New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance, featuring a sneak peek of the next J. P. Beaumont novel, Den of Iniquity—Twinkle Winkleman finds herself in a dangerous, life-threatening situation, and love forces her to confront the near-impossible.

A skilled mechanic and certified spitfire, Twinkle Winkleman is as hard as nails; she has to be with a name like hers. Twinkle learned everything there is to know about cars from her time in her daddy’s garage in Anchorage, and when her father dies, she gains ownership of the shop and Maude, her dad’s prized 1973 International Harvester Travelall.

Life has not been kind to Twinkle: she grew up without her mother, her daddy’s gone, her ex-husband betrayed her, and her son Tad was killed after a trip to Seattle to handle some “unfinished business.” Right now, the only things Twinkle truly cares for are her garage, Maude, and Cindy—her daughter-in-law and Tad’s widow.

One evening, Cindy and her friend, Leslie, have a girls’ night out at the local karaoke bar. Even though neither Twinkle nor Cindy are fans of Leslie’s boyfriend, James, Twinkle is happy to see her daughter-in-law enjoying her freedom and a night on the town. That is until she wakes up in the middle of the night and discovers Cindy hasn’t come home. Even more concerning, she isn’t picking up her phone.

What follows is a mother-in-law’s desperate and bold attempt to find her daughter-in-law—even if it means leading the dangerous search on her own, with a little help from J. P. Beaumont. As an Alaskan Winter rears its head, Twinkle is up against the clock: will she be able to save the person that means the most to her?

©2024 J. A. Jance (P)2024 HarperCollins Publishers

ALASKA!!

As usual you can fall in love with the characters and the locale. After all we (the rest of the readers) know pretty much zip about that state other than long winters and cold. It’s an excellent story told by an excellent author!

Great book

Once again J A Janice has written another outstanding book!!! Keep writing please, we love your writing

Very cute short story

Twinkle Winkleman...what a character and what a tale! Will we hear if Cindy and the handsome trooper get hitched? Time will tell...hoping Ms. Jance' writing stamina continues to hold. I am ever ready to read whatever she writes next!

Loved it

I was extremely pleased to discover that J. A. Jance had penned another J. P. Beaumont short story. The mystery was intriguing and believable.
Hilary Huber and Mike Ortego gave stellar performances as they brought the storyline to life and gave characters their own distinct voices.
I highly recommend this short story/audiobook to mystery fans.
I look forward to the next installment in this wonderful series.