McCafferty's Nine

In the seventh installment in the Jake Hines mystery series, Jake has his work cut out. Somebody is stealing cash and charging merchandise to dozens of local credit card holders. At the same time, a purse-snatcher is assaulting women and getting rougher and more violent with each assault. One of Jakes team catches the mugger, but Jake is confronted with the paradox of an identical crime happening elsewhere. There's great confusion about cars, signatures, and intentions. Identity, itself, begins to feel on a slippery slope.