Murder Theory

The Naturalist, Book 3

By: Andrew Mayne

Narrated by: Will Damron

Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins

Publisher's summary

The desire to kill is becoming contagious in this riveting novel of conceivable mad science by The Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Naturalist.

Computational biologist and serial-killer hunter Dr. Theo Cray receives an off-the-record request from the FBI to investigate an inexplicable double homicide. It happened at the excavation site where a murderer had buried his victims’ remains. In custody is a forensic technician in shock, with no history of aggression. He doesn’t remember a thing. His colleagues don’t even recognize the man they thought they knew. But an MRI reveals something peculiar. And abnormal.

What on earth made him commit murder?

After discovering that a mysterious man has been stalking crime scenes and stealing forensic data, Cray has a radical and terrifying theory. Now he must race against time to find a darker version of himself: a scientist with an obsession in pathological behavior who uses his genius not to catch serial killers - but to create them.

©2019 Andrew Mayne (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Excellent and scary

As always with this series, this book was quite good. A bit scarier in my opinion, because this time infectious disease was the vector for murder. As with most books of this type, the ending was scary and terrifying. But the addition of a baby Theo investigator added some humor and helped save the day.

Spoiler: In the last few seconds of the book, did Theo get infected or die? I guess we will see or not depending if there is another book in this series.

Enjoyable and varied.

For a third installment I was surprised how enjoyable I found it. A unique storyline full of descriptions and details that lead the reader through the thought process.

Murder theory

I love all of the educational information imparted all through Andrews books

And I LOVE Will Danton’s narration

All around 5 star material

And Andrew: WRITE ON!!!

Bekki I. Fort Myers, Fl

Awesome

Love this series. Always an interesting way to dig out information with this guy. Such a brain.

Steady Book

It was good. Different story line than the previous 2 books in this series, and a slow start, but I liked the way it unfolded. I wanted a more descriptive ending, and there was a cliff hanger so I have to listen to the next book immediately. I did find myself wondering a couple hours in "where is this even going?" but it picked up and ended well.

Heart Pounding

Another great in this series! ploy twists and heart pounding plot line. Getting ready for Book 4 and can't wait!

Loved it!

I loved this book! I will say there were a few "slow" parts that I had a hard time getting through, but they ended up being good info for later in the story. This one is slightly more advanced than most Andrew Mayne books, but if you love you some Theo Crane you'll love this one too.

entertaining

I enjoy all the science, technology and math that Mayne puts in his books. really adds to the enjoyment factor.

It's genius versus serial killer - round 3

We have the third installment of the Naturalist series. Picking up not long after the last book, our protagonist is faced with not a single serial killer, but a nemesis who can create multiple other murderers. A serial killer virus basically. Can our socially inept and slightly sociopathic hero save the day again? And to what extremes will he resort to make that happen? Here's a hint, he goes farther down that rabbit hole than ever before. So far that he might not be able to make it back.

If you have read the series so far, you know our uber geeky hero and the lengths he will go to. This is a fun and sometimes thought provoking listen. I recommend this book.

Can’t wait for next one!

I thought I was going to be disappointed, but this one was as good as the first two!