Congenitally incapable of interpreting common social behavior or properly expressing his feelings, Jacob Hunt takes refuge in Crimebuster reruns and forensic science, often to the chagrin of the local cops. When the badly battered corpse of Jacob's social-skills tutor, grad student Jess Ogilvie, is finally discovered, police first suspect Jess' hot-tempered boyfriend. But when TV news footage shows Jess' body wrapped in Jacob's favorite quilt, his mother, Emma, reluctantly realizes her son might somehow be involved. After Jacob's arrest, legal machinations go toe to toe with medical ethics, while Emma never realizes that Jacob's younger brother, Theo, is struggling to conceal his own dangerous secret, one that will directly impact the outcome of Jacob's trial. Told from multiple viewpoints, including those of an empathetic detective and an eager but wet-behind-the-ears attorney, the mystery unfolds at a spellbinding pace.
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