The Investigation That Uncovered a Terrifying Experiment

A mysterious death. An impossible pattern of injuries. A scientific experiment that was never supposed to become a threat.

Detective Philipa Sykes is confronted with a case unlike anything she has investigated before. What initially appears to be an isolated death begins to look far more disturbing when forensic evidence suggests that aggressive birds may have attacked victims before they died.

The investigation soon leads Sykes toward Edward Burns, a mysterious figure connected to a dangerous bird and, eventually, to the secretive Avis Institute.

Deep within the institute is an ambitious predator-on-predator research program intended to help protect New Zealand's native wildlife. But something has gone dangerously wrong. Experimental subjects have become unpredictable, people are dead, and those behind the project have powerful reasons to prevent the truth from emerging.

As Sykes follows the evidence from Auckland toward New Zealand's South Island, an unusual police investigation develops into a dangerous search for the truth behind a scientific program slipping beyond its creators' control.

The Investigation That Uncovered a Terrifying Experiment is an atmospheric crime and scientific thriller combining police investigation, mystery, conspiracy, and the dangerous consequences of unchecked ambition.