Killer Instinct — Jennifer Lynn Barnes

NONE OF US HAD NORMAL CHILDHOODS.
IF WE HAD, WE WOULDN'T BE NATURALS.

Seventeen-year-old Cassie Hobbes has a gift for profiling people. Her talent has landed her a spot in an elite FBI program for teens with innate crime-solving abilities, and into some harrowing situations. After barely escaping a confrontation with an unbalanced killer obsessed with her mother's murder, Cassie hopes she, Dean, Lia, Michael, and Sloane can stick to solving cold cases from a distance.

But when victims of a brutal new serial killer start turning up, the Naturals are pulled into an active case that strikes too close to home: the killer is a perfect copycat of Dean's incarcerated father. Dean wants nothing to do with his father or the case, but the FBI needs his insight. As much as his friends want to help him, Cassie isn't sure how they can, especially when her feelings for Dean are almost as complicated as the case itself. And on top of all that, the crew has to contend with a supervisor who wants to shut down the Naturals program. the drama that comes with five very different teens living under one roof, and a slew of cold cases that need their attention.

In this sleep-with-the-light-on sequel to The Naturals, the noose is tightening on the team. Forced deeper into a murderer's psyche than ever before, will they be able to outsmart a copycat killer's brutal mind games before he twists them into his web for good?