Serial Killers - Couverture souple

Innes, Brian

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1905204973 ISBN 13 : 9781905204977

Editeur : Quercus Publishing, 2006

Synopsis

They are probably the most notorious and infamous of all multiple murders, yet these are the very same criminals that continue to fascinate us more than any other. Sometimes it is the sheer callous deliberation that seems to capture the public's attention; other times, the macabre double-life led by many such slaughterers. Although the phenomenon has probably existed throughout human history, it is only the advancement of modern police detection methods and psychological profiling, as explained throughout this book, that have identified the deadly category now known as serial killers. From Jack the Ripper, Erszabet Batory, the countess vampire, and Big and Little Harpe to Ted Bundy, the Son of Sam and Jeffrey Dahmer, the whole era of the serial killer is unveiled here. These killers transfix us with an image of an apparently civilized society within which extremely intelligent and rational individuals can commit seemingly random, utterly savage acts of cruelty and depravity. It may well be the darkest side of human activity, but there can be little doubt that the killers listed and described in these pages remain horribly fascinating - sometimes enigmatic and inexplicable - but always terrifyingly gripping.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Brian Innes is a publisher, critic and the author of numerous popular crime-related books including Bodies of Evidence, Profile of a Criminal Mind (both Readers Digest) and Body in Question (Barnes & Noble)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Quercus Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1905204973
• ISBN 13: 9781905204977
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 208
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: HACHETTE LIVRE SA; https://www.hachette.fr/; ; 1 AVENUE GUTENBERG; MAUREPAS CEDEX; 78319; France