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ThegrippingnewcrimenovelinthePeterDeckerandRinaLazarusseriesfromNewYorkTimesbestsellingauthorFayeKellerman.LAPDDetectivePeterDeckerisabouttofaceacasethatwillpushhimtothelimit…ResidentsinalocalbuildinghavebeencomplainingofasmellcomingfromanapartmentrentedbytheeccentricinventorHobartPenny.Nearlyninety-years-old,andahermitforthelast25years,itisnotsurprisingthatthereclusivegeniushasdiedwithoutanyone’sknowledge.However,asDeckerstepsinside,it’sclearthatPennyhasdiedfromanythingbutnaturalcauses…Penny’schildrendescribetheirfatherasacruelandvindictiveman.Hissecondwifeknewamanwithstrangesexualappetites,whiletheownerofaCaliforniananimalcharityspeaksonlyofakind-heartedoldman.Butfurthersearchesnotonlyaddtothelistofsuspects,butfindevidenceofadisturbed,depravedmind.SojustwhowasHobartPenny?Abrilliantinventor,agenerousphilanthropistoracallouskiller?