Description: "The legendary FBI criminal profiler, ... New York Times bestselling author, and inspiration for the ... Netflix show Mindhunter delves deep into the lives and crimes of four of the most disturbing and complex predatory killers, offering never-before-revealed details about his profiling process, and divulging the strategies used to crack some of America's most challenging cases"--
Brief description:
John Douglas, the legendary FBI criminal profiler and veteran author of true crime books, has spent over twenty-five years researching and culling the stories of America's most disturbing criminals. A veteran of the United States Air Force, he has directly worked and/or had overall supervision in over 5,000 violent crime cases over the past 48 years. He is currently chairman of the board of the "Cold Case Foundation." One of the foremost experts and investigators of criminal minds and motivations, he currently lives in the Washington, D.C. area.
Mark Olshaker is an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker and author of ten nonfiction books and five novels, including Einstein's Brain and The Edge. His books with former FBI Special Agent and criminal profiling pioneer John Douglas, beginning with Mindhunter and, most recently, Law & Disorder, have sold millions of copies and have been translated into many languages. Mindhunter is now a dramatic series on Netflix, directed by David Fincher. He and his wife Carolyn, an attorney, live in Washington, D.C.
Review Quotes:
"This fascinating and haunting expert account helps us understand why the most shocking homicides occur... [this] will be of particularly urgent interest." - - Booklist starred review
"An eye-opening and chilling look into the minds of brutal murderers...Douglas succeeds in taking readers inside his own mind as he worked to understand 'four killers [he] confronted'...separating fact from fiction, Douglas adds to lay readers' understanding of human evil." - - Publishers Weekly
"[A] must read for everyone wanting to understand the minds of depraved serial killers. Once again John Douglas walks into rooms most of us would shun in our worst nightmares and comes back with remarkable insight into what type of person perpetrates such horrible acts." - New York Journal of Books on The Killer Across the Table
"This fascinating and haunting expert account helps us understand why the most shocking homicides occur . . . [this] will be of particularly urgent interest." - Booklist (starred review) on The Killer Across the Table
"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. At last, in this chronicle of his remarkable and chilling career, he allows all of us to accompany him into unthinkably dark places. . . . With Mr. Douglas we explore why there are monsters." - Patricia Cornwell
"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, New York Times Book Review
"[A] winning tale of awful crimes and awe-inspiring detective work. . . . Douglas gives us a pair of human eyes through which to view crimes and criminals that are at once grotesque and compelling." - USA Today
"Hannibal Lecter may have been a fictional creation but his counterparts exist in real life, and Douglas has tracked down, testified against, or just sat down and talked with dozens of them . . . a chilling memoir." - Toronto Star