The theory of death : a Decker/Lazarus novel

Kellerman, Faye (author.).

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ISBN: 9780062270221
ISBN: 0062270222
Physical Description: 436 pages ; 19 cm
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Publisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, 2016.
Copyright: ©2015

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Summary, etc.:

"It has been almost a year since Greenbury's last murder. Peter Decker, a former lieutenant for the LAPD, has enjoyed the slow pace of his new job with the sleepy upstate police department. All that changes when an unidentified, nude male body is found deep within the local woods. It appears to be a suicide--single shot to the head, gun by his side--but until the coroner makes the final determination, Decker must treat the scene as a suspicious crime. The first thing he must do is identify the body--no easy task. But then Decker gets lucky. Tyler McAdams, a former Greenbury detective and now a first-year law student, calls Decker, and once he hears about the intriguing case, his attentions shift from statutes to corpses. When the body is finally identified, Decker and McAdams must penetrate into indecipherable upper echelons of mathematics and mathematical prodigies at Kneed Loft College. It turns out to be a dangerous sphere of scheming academics, secret cyphers, and hidden corruption, where even harmless nerds can morph into cold, calculating geniuses. They will have to employ all of their wits to penetrate enigmatic formulas and codes to solve a dark, twisted tale created by depraved, evil masterminds." -- Page [4] cover.