Kate’s 2¢: ” The killer across the table: unlocking the secrets of serial killers and predators with the FBI’s original Mindhunter” by John E. Douglas

” The killer across the table: unlocking the secrets of serial killers and predators with the FBI’s original Mindhunter” by John E. Douglas

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

I never let my children go door-to-door selling anything. We often ended up with many boxes of Girl Scout cookies and Cub Scout chocolate bars in our freezer. Now, after learning about the Girl Scout who went to deliver two boxes of cookies to a nice elderly granny who ordered them, only to be sucked in by the son, who was a teacher for crying out loud! No wonder the Scouts went to on-line ordering.

I’ve always known there are perverts out there, but, to read about the real ones, could make a person paranoid! Especially, since the conclusion seems to be that it is actually about choice.

I suspect this type of book and the profile Douglas developed could be useful for Criminal Justice students, agents, and law enforcement officers/detectives to help bring creeps to justice, but, it’s TMI for making it possible for this great-grandmother to sleep well at night.

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

The killer across the table: unlocking the secrets of serial killers and predators with the FBI’s original Mindhunter DB95301

Douglas, John E; Olshaker, Mark. Reading time: 11 hours, 10 minutes.

Read by Jonathan Groff. A production of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress.

True Crime

FBI criminal profiler and coauthor of Mindhunter (DB 43669) delves deep into the lives and crimes of four of the most disturbing and complex predatory killers, offering new details about his profiling process and divulging the strategies used to crack some of America’s most challenging cases. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019.