In 1943, revolutionary inventor Nikola Tesla died penniless in the New Yorker Hotel. Within 24 hours the U.S. government seized everything in his room. But one design was already missing. Seventy years later in Buffalo, NY, a brilliant young engineer has found it. And the only person she can trust is a low-rent detective with a pack-a-day habit.。When Melman loses his first tooth, he fears he won't be Kate's baby anymore and goes on a citywide chase to recover it before Kate can replace him with a younger, cuter animal.。