The body was lying the snow near the river, almost naked and definitely dead. As the wind creates drifts, sure to obliterate any tracks, and the cold grips Rutherford, Minnesota, Jake Hines looks up at the overpass and wonders ... It's not only the murder that has Jake concerned. His girlfriend, Trudy, the crime seem expert with the state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, who ought to be at the scene, is stuck in a snowdrift somewhere. The BCA is understaffed -- the Rutherford PD is understaffed -- and the corpse is being ...
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The body was lying the snow near the river, almost naked and definitely dead. As the wind creates drifts, sure to obliterate any tracks, and the cold grips Rutherford, Minnesota, Jake Hines looks up at the overpass and wonders ... It's not only the murder that has Jake concerned. His girlfriend, Trudy, the crime seem expert with the state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, who ought to be at the scene, is stuck in a snowdrift somewhere. The BCA is understaffed -- the Rutherford PD is understaffed -- and the corpse is being covered by snow. But there's no snow inside the victim's when they find it, just a blood spatter pattern. With that and the thin gold chain and woman's wedding band found near the victim's body, Hines can begin connecting the dots. When a second body is discovered with a similar wound, a picture starts to emerge, an image etched in passion, betrayal and fear. With the publication of Triple Play, the first in the Jake Hines series, Elizabeth Gunn was recognized and praised for her handling of character, plot, and procedure. In Five Card Stud, she deals a perfect hand.
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Seller's Description:
Very Good. Size: 92x12x136; Hardcover with dust jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show very minor shelving wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Dust jacket shows light edge wear.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 5x0x8; Inscribed by Gunn on the title page. The binding is tight, bottom corners bumped. Text unmarked. The dust jacket shows some light handling, in a mylar cover. 8vo. 195pp.
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Fine. Uncorrected Proof 1st ed. A Jake Hines title; Minnesota locale, . A fine copy of the advance uncorrected proof. "One stormy night in Rutherford, Minn., police detective Jake Hines (of Triple Play and Par Four) and his buddies are comfortably ensconced in a poker game when an urgent call comes in about a half-naked man found dead in a snowbank. As Jake reluctantly makes his way to the snowy crime scene, he calls in an eccentric dermatologist and part-time coroner, "Pokey" Pokornoskovic, to help with the investigation. Although considerably hampered by the blizzard conditions, they determine that this is a case of brutal murder, not the more usual winter storm death from hypothermia or suicide. The fiercely cold Minnesota winter weather continues to affect just about everything Jake and his fellow investigators do over the next few weeks. The author takes the reader straight through both the dogged routine and the hectic excitement of a homicide inquiry, as the detectives and the coroner determine that the victim is a long-haul truck driver, and that his partner, his truck and his valuable equipment are all missing. Occasionally, the fine details threaten to overwhelm the story, but generally Gunn's characters have enough idiosyncrasies and personal problems to keep them interesting, while the narrative remains firmly focused on the murder investigation. Gunn has produced a refreshingly straightforward, suspenseful procedural in a series that bears watching."--Publishers Weeky.
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Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 288 pages. A Jake Hines Mystery, No. 3. When Jake Hines begins to connect the dots of two murders in Rutherford, Minnesota, a picture of a crime etched in passion, betrayal and fear begins to emerge.
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Near Fine in Fine jacket. Book 1st ed. Book has bumped edges. page edges soiled, else near fine in dust jacket. Minnesota locale, . Jake Hines, a police detective in fictional Rutherford, Minnesota, is featured in the third book in this series.
