The First Novel in the Barrett Conyors Series

"Atkins brings his extensive and precise professional background to bear in this emotionally chilling yet feverishly paced portrait of the delusional world of the serial killer."  ---Booklist

THE PRODIGY is a gothic tale of obsessive love and murder.  Set in the world of Manhattan’s elite, a divinely talented sociopath stalks the woman of his dreams and will stop at nothing until she is his.   

James Cyrus Martin, IV is a brilliant cellist who did something very naughty when he was eighteen.  Now in his thirties, he should never have been released from the hospital for the criminally insane.  But family money, and a whole lot of it, has a way of making anything possible.  “Jimmy” gets his freedom, but with strings attached.  Under house arrest in the family’s magnificent Gramercy Park mansion, he dreams of the future, and what he most desires is the beautiful, and musically gifted forensic psychiatrist Dr. Barrett Conyors.  He’s a man in love, and not one to let anything stand between him and the object of his desire.

For Barrett, a woman with professional success, and a personal life that’s spiraling down, overseeing Jimmy’s release couldn’t have come at a better time.  The Martin family has big bucks and will pay to keep their boy from getting locked away again.  What she doesn’t know, as she steps into Jimmy’s twisted and bloody world it that he wants far more than a bit of therapy and some lithium.

It’s a spider’s-web thriller--a love story with a body count.  For Barrett to survive she must dive into Jimmy’s terrifying past and unravel the horrifying secrets that fuel the Martin madness before it destroys her and everyone she loves. 

The Prodigy is available through www.amazon.com and at your local book sellers.

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