Signature Killers

Robert Keppel · William J Birnes

Jan 2011 · Random House

About this ebook

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‘This book will make you think... it will frighten you, and it will shock you... Frankly I could not read it at night.’ – Ann Rule, author of The Stranger Beside Me: The Inside Story of Serial Killer Ted Bundy

HOW DO YOU CATCH A SERIAL KILLER?

Interpreting the calling cards of the serial murderer, Robert Keppel reveals the answers hidden among the grisly evidence, the common threads that link each devastating act of brutal violence. Explore in unflinching detail the monstrous patterns, sadistic compulsions and depraved motives of the killer, and why they kill again and again.

Signature Killers is the ultimate insight into the mind of the serial killer.

From The Lonely Hearts Killer who haunted the most desperate of women in 1950s America, to the infamous symbols of evil as Jeffrey Dahmer, Ted Bundy and John Gacy, these are the cases – horrifying, graphic and unforgettable – that shed light on the darkest corners of the pathological mind.

Ratings and reviews

Bit boring only read first chapter stuff I already knew anyway think I'll see if can exchange this piece of repeat stuttering

Read like an averagely intelligent police officer was in over his head and tried to use big words to cover it up.

Detailed and very thought provoking.

About the author

Robert Keppel (Author)
Robert D. Keppel is the retired chief criminal investigator for the Washington State Attorney General's office. He has a Ph.D in Criminal Justice from the University of Washington and has been an investigator or consultant to over 2000 murder cases and over 50 serial murder investigations, including the Atlandta Child Murders and the Green River Murders.

William J Birnes (Author)
William J. Birnes is a New York Times best-selling author. He has written over twenty-five books across the fields of human behavior, true crime, currentaffairs, history, psychology.