Author Amanda Stevens

	THE WHISPERING ROOM Available March, 2009 Lena Saunders leaned forward and placed her cup and saucer on the coffee table. "Are you familiar with the concept of an evil gene?" Evangeline frowned. "I've read some research about the criminal brain. Is that what you mean?" "No, not exactly. The criminal brain refers to the correlation between serious crime and brain abnormalities in the perpetrator. The cause of the anomalies can be any number of reasons—head trauma, chemical ingestion, birth defects. But the concept of the evil gene suggests that the propensity for violence—for evil, if you will—can be passed down genetically from family member to family member. Therefore, the desire to kill is as inherent as blond hair and blue eyes." About the book Excerpt Read about the evil gene Buy the book from IndieBound, Amazon, or Barnes and Noble. Photos in header courtesy of Dreamstime and Alexey Sergeev.