What she survived

The Behavioral Analysis Unit has always been good at looking beneath the surface.

For Ava Bennett, that's exactly what she's learned to do.

At twenty-seven, Ava has spent nearly two years working alongside some of the FBI's best profilers. The BAU has become more than just her job-it has become a second family.

But before Quantico, before profiling, and before the FBI, Ava had another reason for choosing this life.

Her older sister, Claire, was murdered.

Now, Ava spends her days helping families find the answers hers once searched for, working alongside Hotch, Morgan, Reid, JJ, Emily, Garcia, and Rossi to catch the people no one else can understand.

This is Criminal Minds through another pair of eyes.

Cases. Profiles. Jet rides. Long nights. Unsub after unsub.

And somewhere between it all, Ava Bennett is trying to figure out who she is when she isn't wearing an FBI badge.