Following his promotion to Lieutenant, Jack Bergman finds himself in charge of a squad of rookie CSI's, uniformed officers and a new second grade detective. With his former partner Detective Valerie Taylor as his new lead detective, Jack will have his hands full trying to solve major cases while managing an entire squad of inexperienced officers and criminalists. With all eyes on them, the Priority Case Squad must match wits with the most sinister criminals and decipher the most diabolical crimes in the city. Their first case, the death of a millionaire's trophy wife may prove to be their last, unless Jack can pull the together as a team and get them to function at the level they must in order to succeed. Battling his own personal issues, Jack must deal with the grief of Marley's sudden death, while trying to decide about his feelings for Stephanie. Can he have a relationship with her? Can he be a father figure to her son Tommy? Can he handle the stress of the new assignment, and the stress of his personal life at the same time? R.K. Walker's Jack Bergman carries the same intensity and charisma as other famous characters in fictional literature, such as Robert B. Parker's Spenser. His experience and knowledge of criminal justice and the law provide the foundation for his extreme methods of crime fighting. Adding in his wise-cracking retorts to both criminals and authority, and you get the proper balance of wit and intensity which makes this series intoxicating to the reader and creates an overwhelming desire to find out what happens next.