Ivan Bering

Homegrown Killer Ivan Bering

A captured murderer claims the State has turned him into a serial killer. His claim: prolonged probing of his brain permanently altered his personality. For years the brain probe and a truth serum were the State's interrogation tools; these scientific innovations won a Nobel Prize for Dr. Max Armstrong. Now the world-famous man is faced with a career-destroying controversy; his arrogant path to the top means there are many in the academic world ready to help the killer ruin Dr. Max Armstrong. Detective Charlie Taylor is mocked as he tries to unravel the mess. How can a homicide detective solve a science problem? He races to resolve the issue before a biased scientific team can publish their findings. Was Dr. Max sloppy and too fast, unwilling to conduct extensive testing before releasing his work?An outlandish clue arrives from a pedophile, already waiting on death row. How accurate can a 25-year-old clue be? Charlie tries to use the evidence, but there are too many twists and turns. Was the country too fast in adopting the new science, blinded by the accolades of a Nobel Prize?NOTE: this series has been rated 5 stars by Readers' Favorite, and in 2019 the third novel in the series received the Book Excellence Award.