Profiler’s Instinct: a Psychological Thriller of Memory, Manipulation, and Murder

She sees the patterns. But this time, she’s part of the designFormer FBI Agent Dr. Lauren Reed has built her career on unraveling the darkest minds in Chicago—profiling killers, dissecting motives, and predicting the next move before it happens. She is one of the city’s top criminal profilers, she’s trained to remain objective, sharp, and unshakable. But when a powerful businessman is found brutally murdered and staged in his downtown office, Lauren is pulled into an investigation that strikes terrifyingly close to home. The killer’s signature is eerily familiar, echoing a pattern buried deep in Lauren’s own past—one she’s never dared to profile.As Lauren is drawn deeper into the case, she’s plagued by unsettling dreams and fractured memories: her father’s cologne, a shadowy figure in a garage, a chilling sense that the past is bleeding into the present. Each new clue feels like a message meant for her alone, and the line between hunter and hunted begins to blur.With her relationship unraveling under the weight of secrets and her closest confidants shifting into suspects, Lauren discovers the murders are tied to a decades-old crime—one that someone will kill to keep buried.As the investigation intensifies, Lauren must confront the trauma she’s spent a lifetime suppressing. Every step brings her closer to a truth she may not be ready to face, and every revelation threatens to destroy the careful boundaries she’s built between her work and her own haunted history. When the past comes calling, Lauren realizes she’s not just profiling a killer—she’s profiling herself.Twisty, engaging, scary and emotionally charged, Profiler’s Instinct is a psychological thriller perfect for fans of Freida McFadden, Alex Michaelides, Lisa Jewell, Catherine Steadman, and Ruth Ware. …then you’ll be hooked by Profiler’s Instinct.Dive into a world of chilling murders, hidden motives, and mind-bending twists—where nothing is as it seems, and the greatest danger may lie within.Step into the mind of a profiler who must solve a series of ritualistic murders—before she becomes the next target.