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Talking With Psychopaths and Savages - A journey into the evil mind

A chilling study of the most cold-blooded, manipulative people on planet earth
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Talking With Psychopaths and Savages by criminologist Christopher Berry-Dee delves into the chilling minds of some of the most ruthless criminals alive. Drawing on years of interviews with notorious serial killers and their psychiatrists, the book uncovers startling truths about remorselessness and the disturbing similarities between patients and those who treat them.
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Look around you, because the person sitting next to you could be a cold, heartless murderer...a chilling look deep inside the minds of some of the most pitiless and dangerous people alive.

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Bestselling author and criminologist Christopher Berry-Dee takes readers deep inside the dark minds of some of the most pitiless and dangerous people alive.

Having spent years interviewing imprisoned criminals—including notorious serial killers—he discovered that the lack of remorse these people showed was in many ways even more terrifying than the crimes they had committed. Yet, in the course of these conversations, the author also had the chance to interview his subjects' psychiatrists and, in doing so, uncovered a terrible truth: a monster can be hidden behind a friendly face. Some of these experts, he found, proved to have more in common with their patients than he would ever have expected.

Talking With Psychopaths and Savages - A journey into the evil mind examines horrific crimes committed by some of the most remorseless and merciless people ever to have lived. If it reveals a mindset wholly alien to most people, it also, shockingly, demonstrates that some of the people who treat these psychopaths have their own demons. This chilling study of the darkest of criminal minds will inevitably shift the reader's view of psychopaths, and in doing so, reveals that horror can be much closer to us than we think...

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781786061225

Publisher: John Blake Publishing Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 April 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: John Blake Publishing Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 228g

Pages: 304

About the Author

A noted writer and criminologist of many years' standing, Christopher Berry-Dee is also the author of the bestselling Talking With Serial Killers.

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