Author:Paul Britton
'Riveting... Everyone should read it' Observer
'Nothing short of sudden death will distract you from The Jigsaw Man' Independent
'Compelling... Fascinating... Britton has done hugely important work that saves lives' Sunday Times
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The award-winning true crime classic.
Forensic psychologist Paul Britton asks himself four questions when he is faced with a crime scene: what happened: who is the victim: how was it done, and why? Only when he has the answers to these questions can he address the fifth: who is responsible?
What he searches for at the crime scene are not frinerprints, fibres or bloodstains - he looks for the 'mind trace' left behind by those responsible: the psychological characteristics that can help the police to identify and understand the nature of the perpetrator.
The Jigsaw Man is not only a detective story involving some of the most high-profile cases of recent years, but also a journey of discovery into the darkest recesses of the human mind to confront the question 'Where does crime come from?'
Riveting... Everyone should read it
—— Frances Fyfield , ObserverNothing short of sudden death will distract you from The Jigsaw Man... it's a triumph to be so interesting without a trace of sensationalism
—— IndependentA vivid memoir
—— Daily TelegraphA very funny, profound, soul-searching account of James' emotional journey . . . the story sits somewhere between The Catcher in the Rye and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
—— BizarreAmazing! As hilarious as it is gripping. Our generation's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
—— Mary Janice Davidson, bestselling authorI love James's book! It completely captivated with wonderful and funny moments about the life and times of an OCD sufferer. Everyone should read it
—— Michael Lionello Cowan, film producerI found it funny with many interesting moments
—— Barry Levinson, film producer and directorIt is no wonder that Mel Brooks is a long-time friend and admirer of Bailey's writing. Maybe there's even a film character in the making
—— Bath ChronicleThe particular strength of Bailey's book is that he is not afraid to show himself as deeply unpleasant
—— Mail on SundayBailey's vivid sense of humour means he relates his story with a knowing sense of the absurd . . . illuminating
—— Daily MailA wonderful memoir
—— Daily TelegraphIn a book that is partly a popular science treatise and partly a self-help manual... he interweaves life stories and clinical evidence in an engaging and informative manner... He is grappling with one of the most important questions for our times
—— Joanna Bourke , Times Higher EducationIn his 2007 book Musicophilia, psychiatrist Oliver Sacks warned that although neuroscience offers exciting insights, 'there is always a certain danger that the simple art of observation may be lost, that clinical description may become perfunctory, and the richness of the human context ignored'. Simon Baron-Cohen, director of the Autism Research Centre in Cambridge, UK, rises to the challenge in his latest book by combining basic science and clinical observation in an attempt to explain human cruelty... We should take Baron-Cohen's accessible book as an invitation to leave the comforts of smaller, more tractable problems in a genuine attempt to address larger social issues
—— Stephanie Preston , Nature
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