The Serial Killers

Sep 20, 2024 1:37 AM

Author:Colin Wilson,Donald Seaman

The Serial Killers

As the number of serial killers worldwide has risen steadily - from the emergence of Jack the Ripper in 1888 to Harold Shipman and Ivan Milat, the backpacker killer of the Australian outback - the need to understand mass murder is becoming more urgent.

Using privileged access to the world's first National Centre for the Analysis of Violent Crime, Colin Wilson and Donald Seaman bring you this incisive study of the psychology of serial killers and the motives behind their crimes.

From childhood traumas to issues of frustration, fear and fantasy, discover what turns an ordinary human being into a compulsive killer.

Reviews

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—— David Brooks , The New York Times

Compelling, fiendishly clever

—— Evening Standard

Superb . . . this wonderful book should be compulsory reading

—— New Statesman

Provocative, fascinating, radical

—— Fergal Byrne , Financial Times

Pacey and beguiling

—— Independent

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—— Esquire

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—— Daily Mail

A superb how-to book.

—— Kirkus Reviews

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One wishes this book could get into the hands of all the suffering children who need it

—— Washington Post

This story of unfathomable child abuse is told with remarkable wit, compassion, and courage

—— Augusten Burroughs, author of Running with Scissors

Highly articulate … Her memories are real, not recovered

—— The Times

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