Title: Criminal Masterminds
Description: Thinking big and thinking bad, fifty of the world's most notorious criminal masterminds have lied, cheated, murdered and swindled their way into the pages of this book.

Many of these miscreants had the brains and charisma to be successful in legitimate arenas of life, yet they chose to take a different path — a path that perhaps got them richer faster — but which ultimately led to their downfall.

The impetus to cross the moral boundary into criminal territory is not just provided by a desire for great wealth, however, as this compelling narrative reveals. Some individuals transcend the merely material as their criminality is driven by a need to exert power; and to experience the thrill the exerting of this power brings in its wake.

Criminal Minds provides fascinating insights into the careers and character flaws of the most audacious reprobates that have come to the attention of the world's lawmakers. It will entertain, astound and shock.
Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, Criminals, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Biography, Criminels, Biographies, Criminals, biography