In the effort to escape a hit put on him by a mobster Cork ends with a relative who is a large animal vet. After he has been shot in the leg. She helps him out and he gets to know her son REN and his girlfriend Charlie who is from a shattered home. The story includes an encounter with a cougar and the need to unravel a series of killings of young women from shattered homes. Dina puts in another appearance.

Another edge of the seat great read!