{"product_id":"the-killer-across-the-table-unlocking-the-secrets-of-serial-killers-and-predators-with-the-fbis-original-mindhunter","title":"The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the Fbi's Original Mindhunter","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe legendary FBI criminal profiler, number-one \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author, and inspiration for the hit Netflix show \u003ci\u003eMindhunter\u003c\/i\u003e delves deep into the lives and crimes of four of the most disturbing and complex predatory killers, offering never-before-revealed details about his criminal profiling process, and divulging the strategies used to crack some of America's most challenging cases.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe FBI's pioneer of criminal profiling, former special agent John Douglas, has studied and interviewed many of America's most notorious serial killers--including Charles Manson, \"Son of Sam Killer\" David Berkowitz and \"BTK Strangler\" Dennis Rader--trained FBI agents and investigators around the world, and helped educate the country about these deadly predators and how they operate, and has become a legend in popular culture, fictionalized in \u003ci\u003eThe Silence of the Lambs\u003c\/i\u003e and the hit television shows \u003ci\u003eCriminal Minds\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMindhunter.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwenty years after his famous memoir, the man who literally wrote the book on FBI criminal profiling opens his case files once again. In this riveting work of true crime, he spotlights four of the most diabolical violent predators he's confronted, interviewed and learned from. Going deep into each man's life and crimes, he outlines the factors that led them to murder and how he used his interrogation skills to expose their means, motives, and true evil. Like the hit Netflix show, \u003ci\u003eThe Killer Across the Table\u003c\/i\u003e is centered around Douglas's unique interrogation and behavioral analysis process. With his longtime collaborator Mark Olshaker, Douglas recounts the chilling encounters with these four killers as he experienced them--revealing for the first time his profile methods in detail. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGoing step by step through his interviews, Douglas explains how he connects each killer's crimes to the specific conversation, and contrasts these encounters with those of other deadly criminals to show what he learns from each one. In this masterclass of criminal psychology, he returns to other famous cases, killers and interviews that have shaped his career, describing how the knowledge he gained from those exchanges helped prepare him for these.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA glimpse into the mind of a killer from a man who has pierced the heart of human darkness, \u003ci\u003eThe Killer Across the Table\u003c\/i\u003e unlocks the ultimate mystery of depravity and the techniques and approaches that have countered evil in the name of justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these pages, you get a seat across the table from evil, learning directly from the master of the Behavioral Science Unit: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLegendary Case Files: \u003c\/b\u003e Go inside four of the most complex and disturbing cases of John Douglas's career, with never-before-revealed details about the predatory killers he confronted.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Mindhunter's Process: \u003c\/b\u003e Discover the step-by-step interrogation and profiling methods that inspired the hit Netflix show and changed modern criminal investigation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eConversations with Killers: \u003c\/b\u003e Sit in on the chilling interviews as Douglas explains how he connects each killer's personal history and motives to the crimes they committed.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNature vs. Nurture: \u003c\/b\u003e Explore the central debate of behavioral science as Douglas uses these four diabolical criminals to unpack the ultimate mystery of depravity.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 0062910647\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9780062910646\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Douglas, John E., Olshaker, Mark\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Dey Street Books\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Dey Street Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (May 2020)","offer_id":45937253908677,"sku":"9780062910646","price":18.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9780062910646.jpg?v=1772856634","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/the-killer-across-the-table-unlocking-the-secrets-of-serial-killers-and-predators-with-the-fbis-original-mindhunter","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}