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The Naturals: The Naturals

Book 1 Cold cases get hot in this unputdownable mystery from the author of The Inheritance Games

Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Author

Series: The Naturals

Imprint: Quercus Children's Books

Publication date: August 17, 2023

Category: Crime & Mystery Fiction

ISBN: 9781786542212

Series: The Naturals

Imprint: Quercus Children's Books

Publication date: September 25, 2025

Category: Crime & Mystery Fiction

ISBN: 9781786542557

Cold cases get hot in this unputdownable mystery from Jennifer Lynn Barnes, no.1 New York Times bestselling author of The Inheritance Games series. Perfect for fans of A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder.

Cassie is a natural at reading people. Piecing together the tiniest details, she can tell you who you are and what you want. But it’s not a skill that she’s ever taken seriously until the FBI come knocking: they’ve begun a classified programme that uses exceptional teenagers to crack infamous cold cases, and they need Cassie.

What Cassie doesn’t realise is that there’s more at risk than a few unsolved murders – especially when she’s sent to live with a group of teens whose gifts are as unusual as her own. Soon, it becomes clear that no one in the Naturals program is what they seem. And 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 . . .

Born smart. Born tough. Born FBI.

The Naturals is Criminal Minds for the YA world, and I loved every page’ – Ally Carter, New York Times bestselling author

Reviews

[A] tightly paced suspense novel that will keep readers up until the wee hours to finish

VOYA - starred review

This savvy thriller grabs readers right away

Kirkus Reviews

It's a stay-up-late-to-finish kind of book, and it doesn't disappoint

Publishers Weekly

In this high-adrenaline series opener...even a psychic won't anticipate all the twists and turns

Booklist

The Naturals is Criminal Minds for the YA world, and I loved every page.

Ally Carter, author of Gallagher Girls

Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Jennifer Lynn Barnes is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty acclaimed young adult novels, including The Inheritance Games trilogy, Little White Lies, Deadly Little Scandals, The Lovely and the Lost, and The Naturals series: The Naturals, Killer Instinct, All In, Bad Blood, and the e-novella, Twelve. Jen is also a Fulbright Scholar with advanced degrees in psychology, psychiatry, and cognitive science. She received her Ph.D. from Yale University in 2012 and was a professor of psychology and professional writing at the University of Oklahoma for many years. She invites you to her online at www.jenniferlynnbarnes.com or follow her on Twitter @jenlynnbarnes.