The Intuit - Murder By Proxy

Mitch Modine, owner of a four-hundred-and-fifty-acre zoo in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, has a habit of inserting himself into unusual one-of-a-kind investigations. Mitch, with the help of his dog Witt, a handful of highly trained animals, and state-of-the-art electronics, has saved lives and helped put criminals in jail. Although volatile and difficult to work with, the FBI understands Mitch has unique skills they can benefit from; the source of which he hides from everybody but his adoptive sister. In Murder by Proxy, Mitch launches his own investigation after individuals in the US are savagely attacked by an animal native to the Pantanal region of South America. How did it get to the US? Why didn't anybody see it as it traveled from one city to the next, and how could the animal disappear into thin air after each attack, causing tracking dogs to run around in circles? Mitch's intuition says these attacks are not random, but lack of authority keeps him from proving his theory. His attempts to get the FBI involved fall flat until the latest attack leads them to believe Mitch is correct, and they hire him to lead the investigation alongside Agent Tracey Ward. While more attacks take place, the National Liberation Army (ELN) kidnaps an oil executive in Columbia. His wife begs Mitch to help, but how? Even if he found the man, how could he rescue him? Nikki Mendez, Mitch's computer guru, knows of state-of-the-art equipment that could locate the executive and family members in Columbia who would help rescue him. But the mission turns into a nightmare when the ELN numbers double. As the investigations reach critical mass, Mitch's time and abilities are stretched to the breaking point, forcing him to make split-second decisions that could determine who lives and who dies.