The Naturals

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Forced deeper into a murderer’s psyche than ever before, will the Naturals be able to outsmart the enigmatic killer’s brutal mind games before this copycat twists them into his web for good?

I’m about to read The Naturals: Killer Instinct and couldn’t remember what had happened in the previous book! Parents need to know that THE NATURALS is the first book in a mystery/thriller series pitched by author Jennifer Lynn Barnes as The Mentalist-meets- Pretty Little Liars. Also reviewing the first novel, Publishers Weekly lauded the writing by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, stating that "Barnes shows every card at just the right moment, catching readers off-guard at the final reveal. Her thrillers have always numerous quite shocking twists and turns, so those have to be well-planned in advance for them to in the setting for the book.Her mother was murdered when she was younger, and she went to live with her father, who then joined the armed forces. Cassie is haunted by the memory of finding the bloody crime scene, though her mother’s body was never found. With stunningly powerful characters, bone-chilling high stakes, and tension that only twists tighter with every book, it's by far my favorite new book addiction! It is written from the perspective of Cassandra (Cassie) Hobbes who is a Natural at profiling people. Cassie reads the files and discovers that the UNSUB (“unknown subject”) is murdering women who have red hair, like Cassie and her mother, and who are also psychics.

As the Naturals get to know each other, Cassie learns about the on-off romantic relationship between Michael and Lia, and the brotherly-sisterly relationship between Lia and Dean. Though they generally don't talk much, Sloane and Cassie love each other like sisters and are always there for each other. When the UNSUB sends Cassie a giftbox containing a lock of red hair, the FBI believes she could be the UNSUB’s next target, so they assign Cassie a heavy protection detail. BOOK OF THE MONTH - A heart-warming and hilarious story told in 25 chapters, perfect for the countdown to Christmas. After barely escaping a confrontation with an unbalanced killer obsessed with her mother’s murder, Cassie hopes she and the rest of the team can stick to solving cold cases from a distance.Sloane steals a USB containing the files on the case that Briggs and Locke are currently investigating. So, when the FBI recruits Cassie because of her \"natural\" ability to gauge people's emotions and background information just from looking at them, she jumps at the chance to change her life.