Jake Hines

There's a serial killer on the loose leaving behind three murders, two suspects and a lot of unanswered questions. Forced to deal with some high-tech crime busters eager to track down the psycho, and a beautiful crime scene photographer, Jake feels the killer pulling them toward another murder, another suspect, and a very bitter truth....

The bloody trail leads to a golf bag and a bag of golf balls that may not be what they seem to be. The trail takes Jake and the town to places he never expected them to go. Are Jake's detective skills up to par enough to bring the town's idyllic lifestyle back?.....

It's not just the winter murder of a young woman that has Jake Hines concerned. When the body is found at the river near a highway overpass, Jake's girlfriend Trudy is supposed to be there as a crime scene expert from the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. Trudy is missing, the BCA is understaffed, the Rutherford Police Department needs more officers, and the snowstorm is covering up the body and evidence.

A little boy is dead and the emergency room doctor attributes the death to a gunshot wound. The witnesses all state, however, that there was no gun at the scene, and no one heard a shot.