A Killer by Design: Murderers, Mindhunters, and My Quest to Decipher the Criminal Mind
By: Ann Wolbert Burgess
4.17
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A vivid behind-the-scenes look into the creation of the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit and the evolu…
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1. Journey Into Darkness (Mindhunter #2)
By: None , Mark Olshaker , John E. Douglas
4.02
Format: 400 pages, Mass Market Paperback
In the #1 "New York Times" bestseller "Mindhunter," John Douglas, who headed the FBI's elite Invest… read more
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2. The Evil That Men Do: FBI Profiler Roy Hazelwood's Journey into the Minds of Serial Killers
By: Stephen G. Michaud
3.82
Format: 199 pages,
Twenty-two years in the FBI, sixteen of them as a member of the Bureau's Behavioral Science Unit. T… read more
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3. Inside the Mind of BTK: The True Story Behind the Thirty-Year Hunt for the Notorious Wichita Serial Killer
By: None , Johnny Dodd
4.25
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A dramatic and compelling true-crime psychological thrillerThis incredible story shows how John Dou… read more
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4. The Anatomy of Motive: The FBI's Legendary Mindhunter Explores the Key to Understanding and Catching Violent Criminals
By: None , Mark Olshaker
3.35
Format: 520 pages, Mass Market Paperback
From legendary FBI profiler John Douglas and Mark Olshaker -- authors of the nonfiction internation… read more
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5. Law & Disorder: The Legendary FBI Profiler's Relentless Pursuit of Justice
By: None , Mark Olshaker
4.48
Format: 252 pages, Hardcover
From law enforcement legend John Douglas, the FBI's pioneer of criminal profiling and the model for… read more
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6. Chasing the Devil: My Twenty-Year Quest to Capture the Green River Killer
By: None
3.87
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
The riveting personal account of one sheriffs epic hunt for America's most heinous serial killer. F… read more
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7. Sexual Homicide: Patterns and Motives
By: None , Robert K. Ressler , Ann Wolbert Burgess
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Who are the men committing the rising number of serial homicides in the U.S. -- and why do they kil… read more
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8. Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit
By: None , Mark Olshaker
3.36
Format: None pages, Paperback
He has hunted some of the most notorious and sadistic criminals of our time: The Trailside Killer i… read more
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9. Dark Dreams: Sexual Violence, Homicide And The Criminal Mind
By: Stephen G. Michaud , Roy Hazelwood
4.42
Format: None pages,
Profiler Roy Hazelwood is the world's leading expert on the strangest and most dangerous of all abe… read more
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10. Whoever Fights Monsters: My Twenty Years Tracking Serial Killers for the FBI
By: Tom Shachtman , Robert K. Ressler
3.99
Format: 112 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Face-to-face with some of America's most terrifying killers, FBI veteran and ex-Army CID colonel Ro… read more
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11. Green River, Running Red: The Real Story of the Green River Killer--America's Deadliest Serial Murderer
By: Ann Rule
4.34
Format: 640 pages, Paperback
In her most personal and provocative book to date, the #1 bestselling master of true crime presents… read more
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12. Trailed: One Woman's Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders
By: Kathryn Miles
3.94
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Trailed is a beautifully written account of a great American tragedy--the unsolved murders of an u… read more
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13. American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century
By: Maureen Callahan
4.09
Format: 285 pages, Hardcover
Ted Bundy. John Wayne Gacy. Jeffrey Dahmer. The names of notorious serial killers are usually well-… read more
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"I've got lots more stories to tell."-Maureen Callahan, American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century
14. Behold the Monster: Confronting America's Most Prolific Serial Killer
By: Jillian Lauren
3.38
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
He was sitting right across the table...and he would have killed her if he could. Jillian Lauren ha… read more
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15. Down the Hill: My Descent into the Double Murder in Delphi
By: Susan Hendricks
3.62
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Former CNN/HLN anchor and veteran broadcast journalist Susan Hendricks takes an investigative deep-… read more
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16. The Forever Witness: How Genetic Genealogy Solved a Cold Case Double Murder
By: Edward Humes
4.27
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
After 30 years, Detective Jim Scharf arrested a teenage couple's murderer—and exposed a looming bat… read more
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17. Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers
By: Frank Figliuzzi
3.64
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the FBI’s former assistant director, a shocking journey to the dark side of America’s highways… read more
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18. The Killer's Shadow: The FBI's Hunt for a White Supremacist Serial Killer
By: John E. Douglas
3.79
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
The legendary FBI criminal profiler and international bestselling author of Mindhunter and The Kill… read more
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"The journey to reckon with our nation's searing history of racial hatred, intolerance, and discrimination is ongoing, and there are no neutrals in that struggle. The shadow cast by Joseph Paul Frankl…"-John E. Douglas, The Killer's Shadow: The FBI's Hunt for a White Supremacist Serial Killer
"With today's technology, conversations that used to be limited to basements and meeting halls, the kinds of words and places that first helped radicalize Franklin, now have tens of thousands of parti…"-John E. Douglas, The Killer's Shadow: The FBI's Hunt for a White Supremacist Serial Killer
"Due to the remarkable advances in communications technologies, we find ourselves living at a time when it is far easier to radicalize and inspire hate than ever before. The internet and social media …"-John E. Douglas, The Killer's Shadow: The FBI's Hunt for a White Supremacist Serial Killer
19. When a Killer Calls (Cases of the FBI's Original Mindhunter, #2)
By: John E. Douglas
4.01
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
A Haunting Story of Murder, Criminal Profiling, and Justice in a Small Town From John Douglas—th… read more
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20. Lay Them to Rest: On the Road with the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless
By: Laurah Norton
3.87
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating deep dive into the dark world of forensic science as experts team up to solve the ide… read more
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21. Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases
By: Paul Holes
4.10
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From the detective who found The Golden State Killer, a memoir of investigating America’s toughest … read more
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22. American Serial Killers: The Epidemic Years 1950-2000
By: Peter Vronsky
3.87
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Fans of Mindhunter and true crime podcasts will devour these chilling stories of serial killers fro… read more
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23. In Light of All Darkness: Inside the Polly Klaas Kidnapping and the Search for America's Child
By: Kim Cross
4.30
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Paced like a thriller and full of insider information on the history and science of Crime Scene Inv… read more
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24. What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator
By: Barbara Butcher
4.15
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Barbara Butcher was early in her recovery from alcoholism when she found an unexpected a job at th… read more
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"People can handle the truth, but not uncertainty. The things they imagine are almost always more painful than the facts."-Barbara Butcher, What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator
25. I Know Who You Are: How an Amateur DNA Sleuth Unmasked the Golden State Killer and Changed Crime Fighting Forever
By: Barbara Rae-Venter
3.99
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
For twelve years the Golden State Killer terrorized California, stalking victims and killing withou… read more
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"The cost in time, personnel, and money for trying to identify the Golden State Killer prior to the use of IGG was significant,"-Barbara Rae-Venter, I Know Who You Are: How an Amateur DNA Sleuth Unmasked the Golden State Killer and Changed Crime Fighting Forever
26. Shadowman: An Elusive Psycho Killer and the Birth of FBI Profiling
By: Ron Franscell
4.14
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
Mindhunter crossed with American Gothic. This chilling story has the ghostly unease of a nightmare.… read more
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27. The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter
By: John E. Douglas
4.15
Format: None pages, Audiobook
The legendary FBI criminal profiler, number-one New York Times bestselling author, and inspiration … read more
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"I miss my dog,"-John E. Douglas, The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter
"I familiarize myself with every detail of their crimes and loathe what they did. At the same time, I may feel tremendous empathy and sorrow for what they went through in their young lives that contri…"-John E. Douglas, The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter
"Within just about every serial predator, there are two warring elements: A feeling of grandiosity, specialness, and entitlement, together with deep-seated feelings of inadequacy and powerlessness and…"-John E. Douglas, The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter
28. A Killer by Design: Murderers, Mindhunters, and My Quest to Decipher the Criminal Mind
By: Ann Wolbert Burgess
4.17
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A vivid behind-the-scenes look into the creation of the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit and the evolu… read more
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29. Clay and Bones: My Life as an FBI Forensic Artist
By: Lisa G. Bailey
3.75
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
Told with unflinching honesty and a touch of gallows humor, Clay and Bones is the personal memoir o… read more
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30. In My DNA: My Career Investigating Your Worst Nightmares
By: Lindsey Wade
4.16
Format: 204 pages, Paperback
Dogged determination and DNA leads Detective Lindsey Wade and her team to the truth behind a thirty… read more
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31. When the Night Comes Falling: A Requiem for the Idaho Student Murders
By: Howard Blum
3.63
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
The definitive, inside story of the Idaho murders from bestselling author Howard Blum, whose ground… read more
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