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When a renowned psychology professor, Walter Rennert, is found dead in a hospital, Clay Edison, a former star athlete-turned-deputy coroner, is tasked with determining the cause of death. What appears at first to be natural causes turns into a steamy investigation when Rennert’s daughter, Tatiana, insists her father was murdered. As Edison follows the clues—miscarried experiments, past scandals, and a haunting pattern of similar deaths—he is drawn into a labyrinth of guilt and deception. His professional duty clashes with the growing attachment he feels for Tatiana, pushing him to question the official record and confront the darkest corners of human nature. Facing the possibility that he may be being hunted, Edison must assemble the truth before the mystery consumes him.
First publish date: 2017
Genre: Thriller/Psychological Thriller
Authors: Jonathan Kellerman
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