The twenty-first book in the hugely popular Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus series from New York Times bestselling author Faye KellermanLAPD Detective Peter Decker is about to face a case that will push him to the limit…Residents in a local building have been complaining of a smell coming from an apartment rented by the eccentric inventor Hobart Penny.Nearly ninety-years-old and a hermit for the last 25 years it is not surprising that the reclusive genius has died without anyone’s knowledge. However as Decker steps inside it’s clear that Penny has died from anything but natural causes…Penny’s children describe their father as a cruel and vindictive man. His second wife knew a man with strange sexual appetites while the owner of a Californian animal charity speaks only of a kind-hearted old man.But further searches not only add to the list of suspects but find evidence of a disturbed depraved mind. So just who was Hobart Penny? A brilliant inventor a generous philanthropist or a callous killer?Published in the USA as ‘The Beast’.The mystery of Hobart Penny's life and death takes readers on a thrilling adventure filled with suspense and action. As the plot unfolds the fiction becomes a hard-boiled reality making Predator a top choice for fans of the genre.For fans of Jonathan Kellerman (The Ghost Orchid) Michael Connelly (The Law of Innocence) Patricia Cornwell (Unnatural Death) Kathy Reichs (The Bone Hacker) and David Baldacci (The Edge).
Born in St. Louis, Faye Kellerman is one of the most highly considered US crime authors. Her first novel, ‘The Ritual Bath’ (1986) introduced Sergeant Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus. It also won th... more
