Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit

◎《控制》知名導演／大衛‧芬奇執導、影后／莎莉‧賽隆監製 Netflix改編影集10月熱映！ 電影《沉默的羔羊》取材自他一手偵破的超級重案！ 屢破奇案的他，被譽為現代福爾摩斯， 但只有他知道， 在抓到兇手前，他讓自己先化身為那頭野獸…… 夏麗是一名活潑美麗的十八歲少女。再過兩天，她就要從高中畢業了。某個晴朗而溫暖的下午，她在家門口遭人綁架，再也沒有回來。「我要告訴你一件事，夏麗已經成為我的一部分。身體上、心靈上。我們的靈魂已經合而為一。」透過變聲處理，兇手的這通電話，是夏麗家人唯一的線索。 FBI探員約翰．道格拉斯接手了這樁案件，他不做指紋分析，也不檢測DNA，透過他率先研發的「犯罪剖繪」重建犯罪現場、歸納被害人特性、洞察犯罪動機，準確地指出兇手是誰。在同儕讚嘆他有如「通靈」般的破案手法時，只有他心裡清楚，那是因為辦案當下，他先讓自己化身為變態殺人魔…… 維多利亞時代，福爾摩斯穿梭倫敦巷弄，追查蛛絲馬跡； 100年後的真實世界，他用「犯罪剖繪」找出兇手！ 本書是FBI第一位犯罪剖繪專家約翰‧道格拉斯的破案故事。四十年前，著重心理側寫分析的犯罪剖繪，被FBI當局認為是毫無根據的旁門左道；直到道格拉斯在FBI建立犯罪剖繪緝兇小組，才讓這套系統得以發揮，在毫無頭緒的重大案件中找到隱藏在暗處的線索，得以將許多連續殺人犯繩之以法。書中，道格拉斯敘述了他初入FBI、將犯罪剖繪帶入現代科學辦案體制的過程，並蒐羅他四十年探員生涯中的重大連續殺人案。犯罪是天生邪惡？還是後天塑造？透過犯罪剖繪，我們彷彿也跟著道格拉斯深入兇手內心，且看他如何運用心理側寫，破解真相！Now a Netflix original seriesDiscover the classic, behind-the-scenes chronicle of John E. Douglas’ twenty-five-year career in the FBI Investigative Support Unit, where he used psychological profiling to delve into the minds of the country’s most notorious serial killers and criminals.In chilling detail, the legendary Mindhunter takes us behind the scenes of some of his most gruesome, fascinating, and challenging cases—and into the darkest recesses of our worst nightmares.During his twenty-five year career with the Investigative Support Unit, Special Agent John Douglas became a legendary figure in law enforcement, pursuing some of the most notorious and sadistic serial killers of our time: the man who hunted prostitutes for sport in the woods of Alaska, the Atlanta child murderer, and Seattle's Green River killer, the case that nearly cost Douglas his life.As the model for Jack Crawford in The Silence of the Lambs, Douglas has confronted, interviewed, and studied scores of serial killers and assassins, including Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, and Ed Gein, who dressed himself in his victims' peeled skin. Using his uncanny ability to become both predator and prey, Douglas examines each crime scene, reliving both the killer's and the victim's actions in his mind, creating their profiles, describing their habits, and predicting their next moves.