Synopses & Reviews
In chilling detail, the legendary Mindhunter takes us behind the scenes of some of his most gruesome, fascinating, and challenging casesand#8212;and into the darkest recesses of our worst nightmares.andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;During his twenty-five year career with the Investigative Support Unit, Special Agent John Douglas became a legendary figure in law enforcement, pursuing some of the most notorious and sadistic serial killers of our time: the man who hunted prostitutes for sport in the woods of Alaska, the Atlanta child murderer, and Seattle's Green River killer, the case that nearly cost Douglas his life.andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;As the model for Jack Crawford in andlt;Iandgt;The Silence of the Lambsandlt;/Iandgt;, Douglas has confronted, interviewed, and studied scores of serial killers and assassins, including Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, and Ed Gein, who dressed himself in his victims' peeled skin. Using his uncanny ability to become both predator and prey, Douglas examines each crime scene, reliving both the killer's and the victim's actions in his mind, creating their profiles, describing their habits, and predicting their next moves.
Review
"{One} feels that Mr. Douglas's keen eye for crime-scene detail and his powerful inductive reasoning cannot be explained any more than one can explain his murderous quarries' capacity for merciless savagery. Reading about the many bizarre cases cited in 'Mindhunter'...one is stunned by the cruelty and evil of some who walk among us. No less disturbing is the eagerness of society to believe that even the worst monsters can be understood and rehabilitated....Mr. Douglas sets out to produce a good true-crime book, but because of his insights and the power of his material, he gives us more he leaves us shaken, gripped by a quiet grief for the innocent victims and anguished by the human condition." Dean Koontz, The New York Times Book Review
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"Douglas
is one heck of a storyteller. Mindhunter is the book that will make you lock up the house, take the phone off the hook and just keep reading. You won't be able to put it down." L. Firrone, Ocala StarBanner
Review
"John Douglas knows more about serial killers than anybody in the world." Jonathan Demme
Synopsis
Discover the classic, behind-the-scenes chronicle of John E. Douglas' twenty-five-year career in the FBI Investigative Support Unit, where he used psychological profiling to delve into the minds of the country's most notorious serial killers and criminals--the basis for the upcoming Netflix original series.
In chilling detail, the legendary Mindhunter takes us behind the scenes of some of his most gruesome, fascinating, and challenging cases--and into the darkest recesses of our worst nightmares.
During his twenty-five year career with the Investigative Support Unit, Special Agent John Douglas became a legendary figure in law enforcement, pursuing some of the most notorious and sadistic serial killers of our time: the man who hunted prostitutes for sport in the woods of Alaska, the Atlanta child murderer, and Seattle's Green River killer, the case that nearly cost Douglas his life.
As the model for Jack Crawford in The Silence of the Lambs, Douglas has confronted, interviewed, and studied scores of serial killers and assassins, including Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, and Ed Gein, who dressed himself in his victims' peeled skin. Using his uncanny ability to become both predator and prey, Douglas examines each crime scene, reliving both the killer's and the victim's actions in his mind, creating their profiles, describing their habits, and predicting their next moves.
About the Author
John Douglas
During his twenty-five years with the FBI, John Douglas became the
leading expert on criminal personality profiling and the pioneer of modern
criminal investigative analysis. He conducted the first organized study into the
methods and motivations of serial criminals and has aided police departments and
prosecutors throughout the world on some of their most puzzling cases. A veteran
of the Air Force, Douglas holds a Doctor of Education degree and is the author of
numerous articles on criminology and co-author of the landmark books Sexual
Homicide: Patterns and Motives and Crime Classification Manual. With
Mark Olshaker he wrote Unabomber: On the Trail of America's Most-Wanted Serial
Killer. John Douglas lives in the Washington, D.C. area.