The Outlier A Nove by Elisabeth Eaves

Cate Winter, a 34-year-old neuroscientist and entrepreneur, is on the cusp of revolutionizing medicine with her groundbreaking cure for Alzheimer's. As she prepares to sell her biotech company for a fortune, Cate should be at the pinnacle of success. But a dark secret casts a shadow over her achievements: she was raised at the Cleckley Institute, a facility for rehabilitating psychopathic children, and believes herself to be its only success. Her peers have all become maladjusted, criminal, or worse.

Cate's world is upended when she learns of another ex-patient who, like her, has avoided a life of crime and found success. Driven by a need to understand herself, she breaks protocol and tracks him down to Baja California. There, she finds a man living under an assumed name, equally brilliant and driven. He is working on a new energy technology that could halt global warming, and Cate is captivated. Here is her mirror, her potential collaborator, and perhaps the key to unraveling the enigma of her nature.

However, a mysterious death soon clouds her discovery. Cate begins to suspect her newfound counterpart. If he is involved, could his ruthless actions be justified by his noble goals? Cate, no stranger to moral ambiguity, is about to confront the depths of her own capabilities. As she delves deeper into the mystery, she must decide if there are any lines she won’t cross.

This audaciously twisty psychological thriller explores not just the hunt for a killer, but the dark recesses of Cate's own psyche. ❤️📚❤️