Killer Instinct (Deluxe Limited Edition) (The Naturals, 2)
Seventeen-year-old Cassie Hobbes has a gift for profiling that earned her a place in an elite FBI program for teens with innate crime-solving abilities. After barely escaping a confrontation with an unbalanced killer who was obsessed with her mothers murder, Cassie hopes the Naturals can stick to solving cold cases from a distance.
When victims of a brutal new serial killer begin turning up, the Naturals are pulled into an active case that hits close to home: the killer is a perfect copycat of Deans incarcerated father. The team must probe deeper into a murderer's psyche while resisting the copycats violent mind games that threaten to snare them all.
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Book details
- Series
- The Naturals Book 2 of 6
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- Publication date
- May 12, 2026
- Print length
- 400 pages
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 031660397X
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What to Know Before Reading Killer Instinct (Deluxe Limited Edition) (The Naturals, 2)
Cassie Hobbes is a teen profiler placed in an elite FBI program and recently escaped a killer tied to her mothers death. The novel centers on a violent copycat who reproduces the crimes of Deans jailed father, drawing the team into an active serial-murder investigation. Expect focus on group dynamics under pressure, psychological profiling, and an escalating external threat rather than supernatural elements. The stakes are procedural and personal, with tension built around whether the Naturals can outthink a murderer using their own methods against them.
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Jennifer Lynn Barnes
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