In a mid-size city in Southeastern Minnesota, Chief of Detectives Jake Hines has all his investigators working at top speed. Somebody's stealing cash and charging merchandise to dozens of local credit card holders, in the same month when a purse-snatcher is assaulting women. Jake recruits two teams to run stings in the mugger's favourite hunting-grounds. One of the teams attracts a hit and catches the mugger, but at the same time Jake is confronted with an identical-seeming crime in another part of town. There's great confusion about cars, signatures, intentions - identity is a slippery slope in this novel.
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*Starred Review* Rutherford, Minnesota, cop Jake Hines should be happy as a clam. He is expecting his first child with his much-loved wife, Trudy; his job as a police captain is going well; and his team of detectives is shaping up nicely. But there are clouds on his happy horizon: the imminent arrival of his child has reopened old wounds from when Jake was abandoned at birth; he has started having a recurring nightmare about deadly wolves; and his current cases aren't moving toward solutions. Focusing on his work to stave off anxiety about his personal life, Jake tries to figure out how to catch a mugger whose attacks are escalating in violence; find the perpetrator of a major credit-card fraud; discover who attacked one of his best detectives; and solve the brutal murder of a college coed. What's most appealing about this book is neither the clues nor the cases but the interactions between the characters—from the humorous banter and chatter among the detectives to Jake's conversations with his very human-sounding boss to Trudy and Jake's loving, "safe within a happy marriage" teasing. Gunn is a master at mixing straight-ahead crime-solving with multitextured domestic drama. A fine book in a fine series that belongs in every good mystery collection. Melton, Emily
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"It's impossible to exaggerate her narrative skill... Jake is as real as the chilly Minnesota world around him...Gunn just keeps getting better" Publishers Weekly on Crazy Eights "This series gets better and better" Booklist on Five Card Stud "A model of the small-town procedural" Kirkus on Par Four "A Superbly written, entertaining novel in a series to watch" Booklist on Par Four"
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Chilly Minnesota Heats Up
Aug 7 2007
By S. Feicht
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Police captain Jake Hines is back in action. This time coping with a series of muggings that are escalating in violence, credit card scam, and a very pregnant wife. The scariest part for him--the coming baby. A series of muggings with the same MO have been bothering the detectives of Rutherford, Minnesota. They are sure that murder is not far behind. When a woman is found murdered and the mugger is caught the same night. All seems to be wrapped up, then other crimes that seemed separate from this one begin to have strange similarities. In the meantime, Jake's wife, Trudy is ready to give birth and Jake is having some serious nightmares.
This seventh in the Jake Hines series is right on the mark. Characterizations are fully drawn and the mystery is tightly written. This is one police procedural that will not disappoint. And of course, I'm waiting for the next book.
This seventh in the Jake Hines series is right on the mark. Characterizations are fully drawn and the mystery is tightly written. This is one police procedural that will not disappoint. And of course, I'm waiting for the next book.
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Please, please, write more of these
Jan 18 2008
By J. Rosenberg
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I love this series. I accidently picked up one of them at the library. Now I have read them all. The author is EIGHTY years old. I hope she has time to write a few more. They are the greatest police procedurals imaginable. Partly they are so excellent because they top out at 200 or so pages. No padding. But I hated to finish this one. I wanted more, more, more. Thanks, Ms. Gunn.
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By Marlene L. Snover
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It is very good. I would have liked more family time, especially with the baby, but it was well written.
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