Product Description

What makes a serial killer? Only one man really knows. John Douglas. A man who has looked evil in the eye and made a vocation of understanding it. Now retired, Douglas can let us inside the FBI elite serial crime unit and into the disturbed minds of some of the most savage killers in the world. The man who was the inspiration for Special Agent Jack Crawford in "The Silence of the Lambs" and who lent the film's makers his expertise explains how he invented and established the practice of criminal profiling; what it was like to submerge himself mentally in the world of serial killers to the point of 'becoming' both perpetrator and victim; and individual case histories including those of Jeffrey Dahmer, Charles Manson, Ted Bundy and the Atlanta child murders.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #14313 in Books
• Published on: 2006-02-02
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 384 pages

Review
"'John Douglas knows more about serial killers than anybody in the world' - Jonathan Demme, Director of Silence of the Lambs 'A cracker of a book' - Esquire 'John Douglas is the FBI's pioneer and master of investigative profiling, and one of the most exciting figures in law enforcement I've had the privilege of knowing' - Patricia Cornwell 'Douglas is a hero for the agonised Nineties: not the action man quick on the draw, but the thinker who dares go into the unexplored badlands of the mind' - Nicci Gerrard, Observer"

From the Publisher
'John Douglas is the FBI's pioneer and master of investigative profiling' Patricia Cornwall

From the Back Cover
What makes a serial killer?
John Douglas has looked evil in the eye, and made a vocation of understanding it. Now retired, Douglas can let us inside the FBI elite serial crime unit and into the disturbed minds of some of the most savage killers in the world.
The man who was the inspiration for Special Agent Jack Crawford in The Silence of the Lambs and who lent the film's makers his expertise explains how he invented and established the practice of criminal profiling, and what it was like to submerge himself mentally in the world of serial killers to the point of 'becoming' both perpetrator and victim. He also discusses individual case histories including those of Jeffrey Dahmer, Charles Manson, Ted Bundy and the Atlanta child murders.
With the fierce page-turning power of a bestselling novel, yet terrifyingly true, Mindhunter is a true crime classic.
'John Douglas knows more about serial killers than anybody in the world' Jonathan Demme, Director of The Silence of the Lambs

Customer Reviews

Brillant read, unable to put down.
This is one of the best books that looks into the minds of the sick people that committ these murders.
The author john douglas is an ex-FBI agent and is very detailed in the descriptions of the murders and crime scenes.
Highly recommend to anyone who is into crime and crime fighting.

Absolutely Chilling !
I'm not easily scared, but this book really made cold shivers run down my spine. The reason for that is that the subject matter of "Mindhunter" is not the fantasy of an author's creation, but is true facts about real people. We watch horror movies and think, "Nobody could be like that", and feel safe in our knowledge that when the film is over, the horror goes away. Read "Mindhunter" and realise that there are people like that. The things they do make your skin crawl and it is not a story. Neither does it go away ! Not, at least, until they are caught and "Mindhunter" is an account of how forensic psychology does just that. Riveting stuff !

Excellant
If you like to hear true horror storys then this is the book for you! It takes about four chapters to get into but believe me, it's worth it. The only times the book slows down is when Mr. Douglas talks about his own private life, other than that it's a real gem.