TY - BOOK AU - Jance, J.A. TI - Dismissed With Prejudice SN - 9780380755475 PY - 1989/// CY - New York PB - Avon Books KW - Fiction N2 - Japanese businessman Tadeo Kurobashi had many passions, including computers, poetry, money, and Samurai lore. So his suicide method of choice would naturally be the ancient art of seppuku- what the uninitiated call hara-kiri. But despite the bloody samurai sword Kurobashi clutches tightly in his lifeless hand, Seattle detective J.P. Beaumont senses the dead software magnate played a less active role in his own demise. Because glaring errors have been made in the time-honoured Asian death ritual- which has Beau looking for someone with a less traditional passion- cold-blooded murder! ER -