<p>Bill Gant and Alan Pulis <strong>retired Alaska State Troopers</strong> are halibut <strong>fishing</strong> when they<strong> discover a body floating in the rip </strong>at the center of <strong>Alaska's Cook Inlet.</strong> They discover the victim wearing a life preserver had been <strong>shot in the back.</strong> Captain Rollin Caswell of the <strong>Alaska State Troopers recruit the retired men to investigate the case </strong>under contract with the State Troopers. The victim is a local banker and <strong>suspect the killing is a mob hit.</strong> A local waitress that had been dating the banker is on the mobs hit list. The investigation leads from <strong>Alaska to New Jersey</strong> organized crime boss requiring them to rely on the <strong>FBI and US Marshals </strong>to assist in the investigation. From <strong>local intrigue to international banking</strong> this story winds across the <strong>Arctic to the East Coast and beyond</strong> leaving death and fear in its wake.</p>