J. P. Beaumont’s character is one of the best out there in the genre of mystery series. The reader feels for Beau while he does his job and deals with the problems that he is faced with, when his close friend and family members become prime suspects. Ms. Jance does a fantastic job of incorporating the cold case with the current case, meaning that supporting characters play roles in both cases. Not many authors can handle psychology correctly, but J. A. Jance aces her descriptions of the nun’s hypnotherapy sessions.

Long Time Gone is appropriately suspenseful in the right places and the mystery adds a twist near the end that the reader does not necessarily see coming. Long Time Gone is a great mystery read.