Murder mysteries, secret experimental labs, remote islands... This series takes you on one incredible adventure after the next with a great cast of friends who call themselves the Virals. The books are written by Kathy Reichs, Professor of Forensic Anthropology, practicing Forensic Anthropologist and writer and producer for the 12-season series Bones.
Living on a secluded island off Charleston in South Carolina called Loggerhead Island is fourteen-year-old protagonist Tory Brennan. Inspired by her forensic anthropologist aunt Tempe Brennan, she can't help but stick her nose in anything involving a mystery, and luckily she has a group of technophile friends to count on for help. The Virals will dig deeper into the mysteries of their island with each new book, discovering that behind some mysterious deaths is a lab secretly conducting experiments. The friends will solve murders, go on treasure hunts, discover who the evil government agents behind the secret lab are and even develop their own set of superpowers, making for truly unputdownable books that just get better with each new title.
This is a great series for fans of Dark Matter and anything James Patterson.
All the Tony Brennan books in order:
Book 1: Virals (2010)
Book 2: Seizure (2011)
Book 3: Code (2013)
Book 4: Exposure (2014)
Book 5: Terminal (2015)