Review: The Killer Across the Table - John E. Douglas and Mark Olshaker

-


The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter

Review: The Killer Across the Table - John E. Douglas and Mark Olshaker - May 2019

Lately, I had wanted to get back into reading about Serial Killers and True Crime stories as it has been a few years since I went through this phase last. One of the books I read first was The Killer Across the Table which was fascinating. This story is based on the life of the FBI agent John E. Douglas and contained several interviews with criminals he has done. His interviews were all about profiling them and finding out what was going through their mind just before they killed and during/after the kill. More so their thought patterns etc rather than the act itself. John E. Douglas was also the agent to create the BAU which the TV show Criminal Minds unit was based on. He has also been the inspiration for shows like Mindhunter, Mentalist, and Hannibal movies. As I have always found the psychology behind the crimes and the personalities of the killers fascinating, I loved this book. I even shared quite a few of the pages and things I found interesting with my partner. Though of course, he thinks I'm weird and gets a tad worried when I read about serial killers/criminals and their mindsets. Growing up, I always wanted to be a forensic scientist or a criminologist as this aspect of criminals has always fascinated me from a young age. 
If you have ever wanted to find out what was running through a killer's mind, then check out The Killer across the Table by John E. Douglas and Mark Olshaker. The other thing that I loved about this book was unlike other criminal books, this one focused on those more obscure and unknown killers, etc rather than popularised ones like Bundy, Gacy, and Ed Gein.





Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Review: Punk 57 - Penelope Douglas

-
Image
  Review: Punk 57 - Penelope Douglas - October 2016 As soon as I read Bully by Penelope Douglas, I was in love with this author. So when she released a new one who had my favorite theme of penpals and that whole friend to lovers going on, I knew I had to read it. The book started out with a bit of background where we learned about how Misha and Ryen were placed together in a classroom project penpal program. The pair continues to write to each other right through the year, and then they take it to the next level and continue through the rest of their schooling. Fast forward to high school Misha is in a band and Ryen is out with her friends and they complete a scavenger hunt form. Ryen is not what Misha expected especially from her letters. Tragedy occurs, and Misha turns up at Ryen's school under a fake name. This doesn't go over too well as Ryen is nothing like her letters, in fact, she is as fake as can be and Misha aka Masen hates her, in fact, she
Read more

Review: Steel Princess - Rina Kent

-
Image
Review: Steel Princess - Book #2 Royal Elite Series - Rina Kent - December 2019 At the end of Book #1, we were left on a cliffhanger of Elsa being pushed into the pool. At the beginning of book #2, she is saved by a newcomer to the school - Knox.  We can see some friendly flirting but nothing more going on between these two, but it riles up Aiden who still has this mindset of "if I can't have her, no-one can" especially since he is supposed to be engaged to Silver Queens. During Book #2 Elsa starts to recall some more memories and goes to Dr.Khan in hopes that he can open her Pandora's box and can restore her full memories of what happened before she was seven years old. We also catch a glimpse during this book of her past and why Aiden King's father blames her for his mother's death and why Aiden considered Elsa a ghost. I liked this book as it was more intense with Elsa's memories and past returning. In Book #2 it is revealed about he
Read more

Review: Dr. Strange Beard - Penny Reid

-
Image
Review: Dr. Strange Beard - Book #5 Winston Brothers Series - Penny Reid - July 2018 If there is a family that I love to read about it has been the Winston Brothers. This has to be one of my favorite book series out there as the brothers ; you can't help but fall in love with them all - with their funny quirks and their redneck comments. The other thing I love about The Winston Brothers is they are all genuinely nice guys ; they may look like they had a bad bone and they have reasons too - but they are the nicest around there, and they have the best intentions. Dr. Strange Beard is the youngest Roscoe's story. Roscoe has only ever loved one person his entire life besides his family - Simone Payton and now she is back in Green Valley except now she is an undercover FBI agent who is after his Dad Darrell Winston. Of course, to make the snatch, she has to get close to the Winstons and who better to use as a target but Roscoe. The thing is though that ten years a
Read more