Risk Assessment: A Mystery

Jake Maxwell is a midcareer attorney living in Sacramento, California, whose life has been turned upside-down. His wife has left him and his employer, Farmstead Insurance, is being rocked by a major corporate takeover engineered by a shadowy private equity firm, Black Belt Capital, Ltd. About the only things keeping Jake on the rails are the time he spends with his border collie, Elwood, and the opportunities he has to spend a few hours fishing in the course of his many out-of-town business...