The Bay 04 - Ghosttown

EPISODE 4Cole is unofficially suspended, his case remains unsolved, and his sources of information are less and less reliable, but his unstoppable (and self-defeating) need to wade into the Bay's darkness leads him into new territory: the home court of criminal kingpin Four Fingers. Gang wars, underground negotiations, double agents, killer dogs, bounty hunters, bureaucrats, and even a secret subway system await San Francisco's most troubled inspector.THE BAY - THE SERIESFilled with mystery as thick as the Bay's infamous fog, Inspector Cole Hoffer's investigation takes him deep into the most treacherous neighborhoods of San Francisco, Oakland and beyond, as he explores clue after clue, courtesy of a cast of pulpy characters operating in a black market just under our noses. In Hoffer's Bay Area, there's always money to be made, witnesses to be offed, and much bigger crimes to be concealed. After all, the Gold Rush never really ended, it just got deadlier.For Cole Hoffer, Chuck Hattaran isn't just another name on the homicide unit's Big Board. The murdered lawyer is an affront to Cole's career, his life, and his understanding of himself. That's because Cole knew him. In fact, Cole was having an affair with Hattaran's wife, Mia. And if Cole doesn't figure out who had it in for Hattaran, there's only one person left to point the finger at: Cole himself.The AuthorTrent Kennedy Johnson is a freelance writer based in Los Angeles, California. Born and raised in the Midwest suburbs just outside Chicago, he has long harbored a fascination for mysterious underworlds like those presented in cities near and far. He is a graduate of Columbia College Chicago and the founder of a writing group called Incandescent, focused on assisting writers as they generate and hone new concepts born from unconventional sources of inspiration.