MILDURA author Nathan Carnie has spent 22 years training himself to look at the world with a forensic mindset.

The 34-year-old, who penned Monsters of the Mallee volume one, said he wants readers to join him in hunting for clues about unsolved Mallee mysteries.

"Since I was 12 years old, I deliberately made myself look for footprints on the ground, to look for fingerprints," Mr Carnie said.

"Wh...