The marvellous secrets of mary boden

""The Marvellous Secrets Of Mary Boden"" is the first novel by the author Bea Olshey. Published in 2007, it tells the story of a young FBI profiler, Mary Boden, as she struggles to balance her personal and working life.

Plot Summary
Mary Boden is a young FBI profiler, she is intelligent and well respected by her collegues, she was hand selected by her boss Doctor James Teten who knows her better than the rest of her collegues. She was born in Britain and grew up in a large family, her parents adopted many children, she is their only "real child". Aged eight she killed her sisters pet cat, she realised that he was a sociopath when she was sixteen.
When the new blood spatter analyst starts to work in the forensic labs she is imediately suspisious and discovers that he too is a sociopath. They connect on a level that no one else understands, especially not Watkins who openly declares that he the pair of them creep him out.

Trivia
*When Mary and Daavid have dinner they listen to Sinnerman by Nina Simone.
*Doctor James Teten is named after Howard Teten, a former FBI instructor at the FBI Academy who taught applied criminology and pioneered offender profiling.
*Mary Boden is named after Mary Ann Cotton and Lizzie Borden.
*Mary's Mother likes to bake.
*Mary's Father was a police officer.
*Mary's favourite bands include Dead Pet's and Cavalier King
*Mary's favourite restaurant "The Godfather, Market Street" is based on a real restaurant of the same name and adress in Olshey's native Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
*In the acknowledgements Olshey quotes Saint Augustine, despite being an athiest hrself. She writes that it is "an unlikely source".
*Also in the aknowledgements Olshey thanks her friends and family, she always thanks them in the same order and thanks "Beth" for her "there-i-ness".

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