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Killer Instinct

Killer Instinct

CrimeMystery
Pages
378
Published
2014
Language
English

Synopsis

Cassie Hobbes has a knack for profiling people, a skill that's landed her in an elite FBI program for teens with extraordinary crime-solving abilities. After a terrifying encounter with a killer fixated on her mother's murder, Cassie and her team are tasked with solving a new string of murders. Can they catch a copycat killer before they become the next victims?

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

TenseDarkMysteriousGritty
Coming of AgeFound Family

Genres

Crime Mystery Thriller Young Adult Suspense

About the author

J
Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Jennifer Lynn Barnes is an American writer of young adult fiction, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1984. She wrote her first novel at nineteen and has since published more than twenty-five books, among them the Inheritance Games series, the Naturals, the Debutantes and the Fixer. Barnes studied cognitive science at Yale University, graduating in 2006, and received her PhD from Yale in 2012. A Fulbright Scholar, she holds graduate degrees in psychology, psychiatry and cognitive science. She was for...

Characters

Cassie HobbesProtagonist
Dean ReddingSupporting

A profiler on the Naturals team whose father, an incarcerated serial killer, is being copied by the murderer they're hunting.

Michael TownsendSupporting

An emotion reader on the Naturals team.

Lia ZhangSupporting

A human lie detector on the Naturals team.

Sloane TavishSupporting

The Naturals team's statistical analyst, gifted with an exceptional memory for numbers.

All characters in Killer Instinct

Frequently asked questions

  • Do I need to read the first book in the series before this one?

    Reading the first book, The Naturals, is recommended because this installment builds directly upon the established team dynamics and the ongoing mystery surrounding the protagonist's mother.

  • Is this book part of a completed series?

    This title is the second entry in The Naturals series, which includes multiple sequels and a novella that continue the overarching narrative.

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