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The Naturalist

The Naturalist, Book 1

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An Amazon Charts bestseller.

Professor Theo Cray is trained to see patterns where others see chaos. So when mutilated bodies found deep in the Montana woods leave the cops searching blindly for clues, Theo sees something they missed. Something unnatural. Something only he can stop.

As a computational biologist, Theo is more familiar with digital code and microbes than the dark arts of forensic sleuthing. But a field trip to Montana suddenly lands him in the middle of an investigation into the bloody killing of one of his former students. As more details, and bodies, come to light, the local cops determine that the killer is either a grizzly gone rogue...or Theo himself. Racing to stay one step ahead of the police, Theo must use his scientific acumen to uncover the killer. Will he be able to become as cunning as the predator he hunts - before he becomes its prey?

©2017 Andrew Mayne (P)2017 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved Amateur Sleuths Fiction Mystery Science Fiction Suspense Thriller & Suspense Detective Crime Montana
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A very clever somewhat socially awkward scientist becomes the hero that discovers and takes down a serial killer that no one believes exists. Very good even the sciency bits

A driven hero

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I loved everything about this book. It had me gripped from the start and I genuinely didn’t want it to end. I enjoy Jack Reacher/John Milton characters but this nerdy bioinformatics professor is right up there with them. I loved his unusual thought processes and felt his frustration when others didn’t make the mental leaps that he did. Can’t wait for Book 2.

A brilliant narrator enhanced the pleasure.

Great listen

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Frighteningly real, couldn’t stop listening. The most compelling book I have read in a long time.

Amazing, gripping and terrifying!

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This first time novel from Andrew Mayne has all of the elements of a gripping mystery suspense story. The listener is captivated from the first paragraph and the author does not let go until the last word. What is really surprising is that it is intelligent and scientifically accurate, the author having clearly done his research to ensure that the details are correct.

I was captivates by the story and writing and cannot wait to listen to his second in the series.

Gripping and intelligent mystery

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I first listened to this a few years ago and have just returned for a repeat on realising there were more in the series. I’ll definitely be bingeing the others, and also checking out the stories with Jessica Blackwood. Good narration, clever plot, and an unusual main character which takes this out of the run-of-the-mill crime thriller. A gripping hunt for a serial killer! Highly recommended.

Clever, gripping, unusual

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