

"It's a stay-up-late-to-finish kind of book, and it doesn't disappoint."- Publishers Weekly "This savvy thriller grabs readers right away."- Kirkus Reviews * " tightly paced suspense novel that will keep readers up until the wee hours to finish."- VOYA (starred review)

" The Naturals is Criminal Minds for the YA world, and I loved every page."- New York Times best-selling author Ally Carter YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Readers, 2014.YALSA Best Books for Young Adults, 2014."Intricately plotted, this novel will keep teens guessing and leave readers eagerly waiting the next installment in The Naturals series."- VOYA "This is a definite purchase for libraries."- School Library Journal "Barnes knows how to keep the reader hooked, and fans will be eagerly reaching for this title and clamoring for the next in the series."- Booklist "A welcome addition to the teen-sleuth genre."- Kirkus Reviews As personal issues and tensions between the team mount, Cassie and the Naturals will be faced with impossible odds-and impossible choices. For the first time in years, there's been a break in her mother's case.


Meanwhile, Cassie is dealing with an equally dangerous and much more painful mystery. Hidden in the numbers is a code-and the closer the Naturals come to unraveling the mystery, the more perilous the case becomes. And each victim has a string of numbers tattooed on their wrist. All of the victims were killed in public, yet the killer does not show up on any security feed. But even with the team's unique profiling talents, these murders seem baffling: unlike many serial killers, this one uses different methods every time. Crack the case with the Naturals series by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Inheritance Games.Īfter a string of brutal murders in Las Vegas, Cassie Hobbes and the Naturals are called in to investigate.
