Jack Waits is unlucky in love but hard on criminals - in this first instalment of the American River Crime Series, Jack, a three-time loser in love must catch a serial killer while trying to understand his relationships with women.... a seemingly impossible task. As he says, "I love women. I really do," Jack said, "It's just the living with them that bothers me." "You mean you don't get along with them or you don't like living with them?" Dr. Samuels asked. "I like the living with, the making love with, the caretaking and the care giving, all of it." "So where do you think the problem lies?" "After a while, they don't like the living with me," Jack said. "I really don't get it. It's a mystery."