Triple Play (A Jake Hines Mystery) - Softcover

Gunn, Elizabeth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1495206114 ISBN 13: 9781495206115

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 1998

Synopsis

In this first Jake Hines novel, Jake is a young detective whose origins are a mystery but whose current priority is perfectly clear: find a serial murderer before he kills again. Set in a small town outside Minneapolis where the city meets the prairie and death is usually natural, this debut police procedural follows Jake's methodical search for a very meticulous killer. The first victim was found lying "smack dab on home plate" in a neighborhood softball diamond, posed and pinned with a photo of the crime. The second victim, with no obvious connection to the first, was unmistakably connected in death: dressed to play ball, posed, and wearing a picture of his own crime scene. Despite the help of some high-tech crime busters and a beautiful crime scene photographer, all eager to track down the psycho, Jake senses time is running out before the next victim dies.

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From the Publisher

Three killings. Two suspects. One cop with a mystery all his own. . . .

"A well-wrought debut."
--Publishers Weekly

"A good, fresh first novel with a surprising yet clear mystery at its core."
--Booklist

"An unusually assured kickoff . . . with an unassuming cast who could easily turn into welcome regulars."
--Kirkus Reviews

From the Inside Flap

t outside Minneapolis/St. Paul, where the city meets the prairie, where the winters are long, the men are rugged, and a stubborn detective with a murky past is a little out of place.  But Jake Hines has to worry about more than just fitting in: there's a serial killer on the loose.

The first victim was found on home plate in a neighborhood park.  The next wore an old softball uniform and an obscene disfigurement.  While Jake, a man who can solve any mystery except that of his own orphaned past, rummages through the dirty laundry of people's lives, a group of high-tech crime busters descends from the big city--thrilled at the chance to dance with a serial psycho.  But even with a beautiful crime-scene photographer providing a major distraction, Jake takes no pleasure from this hunt.  Because this killer is pulling him relentlessly toward one more murder, one more suspect, and one very bitter truth.  .  .  .

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1495206114
• ISBN 13: 9781495206115
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 246