num_pages: 397
description: He has hunted some of the most notorious and sadistic criminals of our time: The Trailside Killer in San Francisco, the Atlanta Child murderer. He has confronted, interviewed and researched dozens of serial killers and assassins, including Charles Manson, Richard Speck, John Wayne Gacy, and James Earl Ray - for a landmark study to understand their motives. To get inside their minds. He is Special Agent John Douglas, the model for law enforcement legend Jack Crawford in Thomas Harris's thrillers Red Dragon and The Silence of the Lambs, and the man who ushered in a new age in behavorial science and criminal profiling. Recently retired after twenty-five years of service, John Douglas can finally tell his unique and compelling story.
language: English
title: Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit
titlecomplete: Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit
genres: History, Mystery, Adult, Psychology, Biography, Audiobook, Memoir, Crime, Nonfiction, True Crime
ratings_count: 66314
series: Mindhunter
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Anthony Award
category: Best True Crime, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best Fact Crime
publisher: Pocket Books