Snap Hook

Jack Austin comes up against the Russian Mafia, a balky putter and a rookie caddie.

Publishers Weekly

University Press of New England launches its Hardscrabble Crime imprint with John R. Corrigan's Snap Hook: A Jack Austin Mystery, the second in the series after Cut Shot (2001). Pro golfer Austin has to contend with another winless season on the PGA Tour, a troubled caddie, the Russian mob and a tense round at the Buick Classic with real-life golfer Phil Mickelson. (Mar) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

JOHN R. CORRIGAN teaches English at the Maine School of Science and Mathematics, and writes a regular column for Golf Today Magazine. He lives with his wife and two daughters in Aroostook County, Maine, and is at work on a third Jack Austin novel.