Picture a retired mathematics professor and conspiracy nut with a butt-kicking, surrogate-daughter sidekick. Elmore Kranz bombards the police with his predictions of disaster until one of them actually happens to the point that he's implicated in the plot. Even with the assistance of his one ally, rookie cop Brittney Chase, people start dying around Elmore as attempts are made on his life. Following up on inventions from eccentric genius, Nikola Tesla, Elmore and Brittney team up to solve a hundred-year-old puzzle while trying to thwart a secret government agency and an Afghani terrorist group who seek to get their hands on a doomsday weapon. The Tesla Legacy is the new thriller by Mike Befeler following six books in the Paul Jacobson geezer-lit mystery series, including Retirement Homes Are Murder, Living With Your Kids Is Murder, a finalist for the 2009 Lefty Award for best humorous mystery, Senior Moments Are Murder, Cruising in Your Eighties IsMurder, a finalist for the 2012 Lefty Award for best humorous mystery of 2012, Care Homes Are Murder, and Nursing Homes Are Murder. Mike Befeler retired from a career in high-tech marketing to write full time. He holds a Master's degree from UCLA, a Bachelor's degree fromStanford and resides in Lakewood, California, with his wife Wendy. He is past president of the Rocky Mountain Chapter of Mystery Writers of America.