The Profiler：My Life Hunting Serial Killers and Psychopaths

In1990,ayoungwomanwasstrangledonajoggingpathnearthehomeofPatBrownandherfamily.Brownsuspectedtheyoungmanwhowasrentingaroominherhouse,andquicklyuncoveredstrongevidencethatpointedtohim--butthepolicedismissedherasmerelyahousewifewithanoveractiveimagination.Itwouldbesixyearsbeforeherformerboarderwouldbebroughtinforquestioning,butthenightBrowntookactiontosolvethemurderwasthebeginningofherlife'swork.PatBrownisnowoneofthenation'sfewfemalecriminalprofilers--asleuthwhoassistspolicedepartmentsandvictims'familiesbyanalyzingbothphysicalandbehavioralevidencetomakethemostscientificdeterminationpossibleaboutwhocommittedacrime.Brownhasanalyzedmanydozensofseeminglyhopelesscasesandbroughtnewinvestigativeavenuestolight.InTheProfiler,Brownopenshercasefilestotakereadersbehindthescenesofbizarresexcrimes,domesticmurders,andmysteriousdeaths,goingface-to-facewithkillers,rapists,andbrutalizedvictims.It'sarare,up-close,first-personlookattherealworldofpoliceandprofilersastheyinvestigatecrimes--thegoodandbad,thecover-upsandthesuccesses.PraiseforTheProfiler"PatBrowntakesusintotheverymindsofcold-bloodedkillers.Mostpeoplecan'tcomprehendthe`why'behindmurder.Pat,utilizingherbackgroundasoneofthecountry'sleadingcriminalprofilers,coachesthereaderastohowakillerthinks,reacts,andkills!Incredible!"--NancyGrace,hostofNancyGraceonHLNandbestsellingauthorofTheEleventhVictim"I'vebeeninlawenforcementforalmost18yearsnow,andafterreadingTheProfiler,IrealizehowlittleIunderstoodthemindofthecriminal.PatBrownexposesthemethodsandthemeans,thehowsandthewhys,andexactlywhatitisthatmakesacriminaltick--fascinating!"--StacyDittrich,authorofMurderBehindtheBadge:TrueStoriesofCopsWhoKillandveteranpoliceofficerandlawenforcementmediaconsultant"Anyonewhohaseverhadapassionburninginsidethemtomakeadifferenceshouldreadthisbook.Pattakesherlifeexperienceandbringsittotheforefronttomakeadifferenceinthelivesofcrimevictimsandtheirfamilies.Herinsightintothesecasestakesprofilingofcriminalstoawholenewlevel.Fromherworkandwisdomcomesthehopeweallneedtoendtheviciousnessofkillerswhopreyontheinnocent."Inhernewbook,PatBrowntakesthereaderalongwithherassheworkstosolvegrislycrimesthathavebaffledothers.Inherrelentlesspursuittoilluminatewhatseemtobehopelesscases,sheshowsjusthowdeepaninvestigatormustdigandallthedetailsthatmustbeabsorbedandinterpreted."--StantonE.Samenow,Ph.D.,authorofInsidetheCriminalMind"InTheProfiler,PatBrownfinallyexplainsthesometimesspookyworldofcriminalprofilinginawaythatevenanold-school,ex-flatfootcoplikemecanunderstand.Thisbookisagreatinsightintothemindofaserialkillerhunter."--ChuckHustmyre,retiredATFagentandauthorofthetruecrimebooksKillerwithaBadgeandAnActofKindness