[Jake Hines 02] • Par Four · A Jake Hines Mystery

Up against a rising tide of crime, one good cop is trying to break even....

In Rutherford, Minnesota, a crime wave is coming in, and the old values are moving out. Jake Hines--recently promoted to Chief of Detectives--sees the signs: his department investing in high-tech police toys, the SWAT boys trying on new killing gear; a drug dealer flashing money, muscle and gold out in the night. But nothing can prepare Jake for three cases crashing together at once.

A woman, a longtime bar owner, is tied up and robbed. A child is snatched. And two people, one brutally killed and the other still alive, are bound together and thrown into the river. A man who needs a new beginning of his own, Jake is up against three chilling mysteries that can be solved only the old-fashioned way: with a good hunch, a lucky shot, and a little help from a friend....