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Mindhunter

Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit

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By: John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker
Narrated by: Richard M. Davidson
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Bonus material! Includes an excerpt from John Douglas and Mark Olshaker’s Obsession

Discover the classic behind-the-scenes chronicle of John E. Douglas' 25-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 25-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. 

©2017 John E. Douglas & Mark Olshaker (P)2017 Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Crime Freedom & Security Murder Politics & Government Social Sciences True Crime Fiction Biography Mystery Serial Killers True Crime Criminal Minds
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Engaging story, well narrated. Douglas charts the rise of psychology and the importance of childhood in reading perpetrators.

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Only criticism he loves himself & claims to be right about everything which might annoy some people

Very different from but the Netflix show but just as addictive!

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What an incredible career. A hard look at and detailed insight into serial killers. Unpleasant at times but essential to understand the techniques applied and developed in behavioural sciences.

Fantastic read

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Loved everything about this book. Interesting to hear how profiling rose from the beginning and grew. I also enjoyed snippets of the visits to prison to interview killers. Such a lot of book for your money!

Absolutely fascinating

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Fascinating study of the criminal mind and the influence of surroundings on future offenders

Compulsive

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