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  The Cases That Haunt Us

  by John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker

  America's foremost expert on criminal profiling provides his uniquely gripping analysis of seven of the most notorious murder cases in the history of crime -- from the Whitechapel murders to JonBenet Ramsey -- often contradicting conventional wisdom and legal decisions. Jack the Ripper. Lizzie Borden. The Zodiac Killer. Certain homicide cases maintain an undeniable, almost mystical hold on the public... (more)
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  Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit

  by John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker

  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... (more)
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  Ted Bundy: Conversations with a Killer (The Death Row Interviews)

  by Stephen G. Michaud, Hugh Aynesworth

  TED BUNDY Conversations With A Killer The Death Row Interviews By Stephen G. Michaud and Hugh Aynesworth Ted Bundy: Conversations With A Killer, the death row interviews that chilled the nation in the 1980's, are again available in an updated paperback edition through major bookstores and online booksellers. Drawn from more than 150 hours of taped interviews by authors Stephen G. Michaud and... (more)
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  Criminal Minds: Jump Cut

  by Max Allan Collins, Jeff Davis

  First in a brand new series! The Behavioral Analysis Unit, an elite team of FBI profilers, are tasked with examining the nation's most twisted criminal minds-anticipating their next moves before they strike again...
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  I Have Lived in the Monster : Inside the Minds of the World's Most Notorious Serial Killers

  by Robert K. Ressler, Tom Shachtman

  From their gruesome, body-strewn lairs, to the darkest regions of their twisted psyches, Robert K. Ressler shows you serial killers as you've never seen them before. In his phenomenally successful Whoever Fights Monsters , Robert K. Ressler examined his brilliant twenty-year career hunting down killers for the FBI. Now, delving deeper than ever before into the criminal mind, Ressler recounts his years since... (more)
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  Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper, Case Closed

  by Patricia Cornwell

  Using the firsthand expertise she has gained through writing the bestselling Dr Kay Scarpetta novels, Patricia Cornwell utilizes the demanding methods of modern forensic investigation to re-examine the evidence in the Jack the Ripper murders. These include state-of-the-art DNA testing on various materials, computer enhancement of watermarks and expert examinations of hand-writing, paper, inks and other relics. She... (more)
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  Whoever Fights Monsters: My Twenty Years Tracking Serial Killers for the FBI (St. Martin's True Crime Library)

  by Robert K. Ressler, Tom Shachtman

  Face-to-face with some of America's most terrifying killers, FBI veteran and ex-Army CID colonel Robert Ressler learned form then how to identify the unknown monsters who walk among us--and put them behind bars. Now the man who coined the phrase "serial killer" and advised Thomas Harris on The Silence of the Lambs shows how is able to track down some of today's most brutal murderers. Just as it happened in The... (more)