Mindhunter

gripping * I Paper *A frightening look inside the mind of the depraved * JOE 100 books to read before you die *John Douglas knows more about serial killers than anybody in the world – Jonathan Demme, Director of The Silence of the LambsA cracker of a book * Esquire *John Douglas is the FBI’s pioneer and master of investigative profiling, and one of the most exciting figures in law enforcement I’ve had the privilege of knowing – Patricia CornwellDouglas is a hero for the agonised Nineties: not the action man quick on the draw, but the thinker who dares go into the unexplored badlands of the mind – Nicci Gerrard * The Observer *quick, clever, and engrossing * Vanity Fair - About the Netflix series *Mad Men, with added serial killers * Guardian - about the Netflix series *fascinating… a must if you love criminal loons * Sunday Sport *truly horrifying and gruesome but gripping * Evening Standard *

John Douglas joined the FBI in 1970, starting his career as a sniper in a SWAT team and progressing on to become a hostage negotiator. In 1977 he transferred to the Behavioural Science Unit (BSU), where he taught applied criminal psychology. He created the FBI’s Criminal Profiling Program and led this division of special agents through harrowing and groundbreaking cases, including those behind Anthony Hopkins’ role as Hannibal Lecter. Douglas lives with his family in the Washington, DC area.

Mark Olshaker, author of four novels and producer of the Emmy-nominated The Mind of a Serial Killer, lives in Washington DC.