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But the man calling in to her radio show seems convinced  otherwise.  \"You let her die...\" That's only  the beginning. Bit by bit, her life is turned upside down. But who among  her friends and family hates her enough to want to destroy her? And  why? Commandant Martin Servaz is on leave when he is sent a key  card to a hotel room - the room where an artist committed suicide a  year earlier. He soon uncovers evidence of a truly terrifying crime.  Could someone really be cruelly, consciously hounding women to death? 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