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834 reviews for:
The Killer Across the Table: Inside the Minds of Psychopaths and Predators
John E. Douglas
4.07 AVERAGE
834 reviews for:
The Killer Across the Table: Inside the Minds of Psychopaths and Predators
John E. Douglas
4.07 AVERAGE
You might recognize these authors; they are known for the book called Mindhunter which also inspired the popular series by the same name on Netflix.
In this book the authors delve deeper into cases that have long haunted them including ones that are portrayed in the Netflix series. Touching upon famous cases such as Jon Benet Ramsey, Douglas recounts killers and interviews that have long shaped his career.
Like the Netflix show, The Killer Across the Table centers around Douglas’ unique interrogation and profiling process.
A must read for any true-crime lover! - Pam B.
In this book the authors delve deeper into cases that have long haunted them including ones that are portrayed in the Netflix series. Touching upon famous cases such as Jon Benet Ramsey, Douglas recounts killers and interviews that have long shaped his career.
Like the Netflix show, The Killer Across the Table centers around Douglas’ unique interrogation and profiling process.
A must read for any true-crime lover! - Pam B.
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A great follow up to Mindhunter. Haunting, but fascinating.
I came to this as a big fan of the Mindhunter TV show. With the star of that reading the audiobook and much of the subject matter overlapping it certainly worked as an excellent companion to the series.
Fascinating detail about the authors job and experiences added greatly to the enjoyment.
It was also to be applauded that the book often focussed on victims (and the negativity of their loss) and not just glorifying the killers.
It is very gruesome in its details in places, which I am surprised that I found shocking (which I assume means it must have been bad).
The earlier sections of the book were much more interesting that the latter parts but it was evident that the author had a goal in mind to cover a variety of “killers” in order to illustrate the complexity of the subject and to provide evidence for his postulations and methodology.
I would be very tempted to look at others of the authors publications as long as they aren’t too repetitive ie cover similar ground.
Fascinating detail about the authors job and experiences added greatly to the enjoyment.
It was also to be applauded that the book often focussed on victims (and the negativity of their loss) and not just glorifying the killers.
It is very gruesome in its details in places, which I am surprised that I found shocking (which I assume means it must have been bad).
The earlier sections of the book were much more interesting that the latter parts but it was evident that the author had a goal in mind to cover a variety of “killers” in order to illustrate the complexity of the subject and to provide evidence for his postulations and methodology.
I would be very tempted to look at others of the authors publications as long as they aren’t too repetitive ie cover similar ground.
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
slow-paced
Very fascinating to learn about killers. It makes you think about how things could be different if they had people in their lives that cared about them. Would they have still killed?
Amazing book. I have a somewhat strange fascination with true crime / serial killers and I could not put this book down. I listened to the audiobook and it was narrated by Jonathan Groff, which made the whole thing 100 times better!
