Unable to escape their histories, they become increasingly isolated, and old secrets resurface. Child language acquisition is the process by which children acquire language. As the list of suspects narrows, Palmer’s confidence is shaken, and Mo begins to doubt his own innocence. Permanently scarred by every killer he’s hunted down, The Beast inside Palmer simmers as the investigation hits closer to home, forcing him to confront his demons.īy the time Mo and Palmer’s paths collide, a dozen young women are dead. A Disturbing Nature is a psychological thriller and coming-of-age story that examines Post- World War II America, exploring the heredity of prejudice, the hypocrisy of privilege, and the blurred line between man and monster. As summer yields to a rain-soaked fall, his frustration rises when news of a prolific killer in the region, nicknamed the Pastoral Predator, overshadows the Red Sox march to the World Series, and Mo unwittingly becomes a central figure in the investigation.įBI Chief Investigator Francis Palmer, fresh off the ensnarement of a monster-Ted Bundy-is thrust into the Pastoral Predator’s destructive path. With the mind and heart of an eleven-year-old-the result of a self-described “accident”-and a love of baseball, Mo emerges in Rhode Island just shy of his twenty-fifth birthday.

His main passions are baseball and fishing. Ever since Mo suffered a seizure at 11, he has acted differently. Maurice Mo Lumen may be 24 years old but he acts much like a preadolescent. A Disturbing Nature is a psychological thriller and coming-of-age story that examines Post-World War II America, exploring the heredity of. Mid-August 1975, Maurice “Mo” Lumen is exiled from his home in Virginia, bearing the weight of what he’s left behind-accusations, a half-brother, and an inhospitable cot. A DISTURBING NATURE by Brian Lebeau RELEASE DATE: A debut novel focuses on a killer in 1970s New England. Connecting the RIGHT readers with the RIGHT books

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