A NATURALS Novel: Killer Instinct, Book 2 : cold cases get hot in the unputdownable mystery series from the bestselling author of The Inheritance Games
Author: Jennifer Lynn BarnesThrillers (Children's / Teenage)Published on 28 May 2026 by Hachette Children's Group (Quercus Children's Books) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the A NATURALS Novel' series.Hardback | 384 pages241 x 166 x 34 | 624g The second title in no.1 bestselling author Jennifer Lynn Barnes's fast-paced, full-throttle mystery series with to-die-for romance is now in a stunning, special edition DELUXE HARDCOVER!Featuring:- An updated, shining foiled cover- Stenciled sprayed edge design- Lush endpapers- A ribbon bookmarkCold Cases heat up in the Naturals, a TikTok favourite, unputdownable series with over 1 million copies sold!Seventeen-year-old Cassie is a natural at reading people, piecing together the tiniest details to know who a person is, and what they want. But it's not a skill she takes seriously until the FBI come knocking - they've begun a classified program that uses exceptional teens to crack infamous cold cases, and they want her to join.What Cassie doesn't realize is that there's more at risk than a few unsolved homicides. Sent to live with a group of teens whose gifts are as unusual as her own, she quickly realizes no one in the Naturals program is what they seem. Emotion-reader Michael is a wild card - and far too perceptive for Cassie's good. The resident deception-detector is a pathological liar, and the program's perky, blonde statistician is far better with numbers than with people. And then there's Dean - a profiler like Cassie but with a much darker gift.When a new killer strikes, danger looms close. Caught in a lethal game of cat and mouse with a killer, the Naturals are going to have to use all of their gifts just to survive.Perfect for fans of Criminal Minds and Holly Jackson, Jennifer Lynn Barnes delivers a suspense-ridden psychological thriller with killer appeal, a love triangle to die for, and a gorgeous new design that will stand out on any shelf.**Don't miss the other books in this series: Killer Instinct, All In, and Bad Blood, and the novella, Twelve. For more unputdownable series from Jennifer Lynn Barnes, check out Raised by Wolves trilogy and her breathtaking standalones, At First Sight and Every Other Day
