Criminal Minds: Sociopaths, Serial Killers, and Other Deviants [Paperback]

Jeff Mariotte (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 2010

An authorized tie-in to the popular TV show Criminal Minds

Most episodes of Criminal Minds feature a briefing where the show's team of FBI profilers defines the type of criminal they're looking for and provides some real-life examples. This book tells the story of those examples.

• Published to coincide with the release of season five of Criminal Minds on DVD
• Organized by type of criminal, including solo serial killers, sexual predators, and killers with famous victims; and tells the stories of many famous murderers, including David Berkowitz, Jeffrey Dahmer, Mark David Chapman, and the Zodiac killer
• Features photographs from the show

Criminal Minds: Sociopaths, Serial Killers, and Other Deviants is a fascinating, terrifying book about the criminal minds who live among us.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Most episodes of CBS’s Criminal Minds series feature a briefing where the profiling team defines the type of criminal they are looking for by examining behavior patterns that were established in actual criminal cases. Now author Jeff Mariotte takes us deeper into the BAU process by revealing the evil behind some of the most heinous murderers, sexual predators, and psychopaths in history. In this authorized companion to the hit TV series, you’ll learn how real-life criminals committed their unspeakable crimes and follow the investigators who finally tracked them down. Mariotte explains why and how profilers organize major offenders into types and why each of these perpetrators falls into a particular category. You’ll get the stories behind:

• Solo serial killers, such as David Berkowitz, Zodiac, and Henry Lee Lucas

• Sexual predators who preyed on women and girls, such as Dennis Rader and Gary Ridgway, and those who preyed on men and boys, such as John Wayne Gacy

• Killers with famous victims, such as John Hinckley, Robert John Bardo, and Mark David Chapman

• Cannibals and vampirists, such as Jeffrey Dahmer

• Traveling killers, such as Ted Bundy

• Female killers, such as Aileen Wuornos

• Family annihilators, such as John List, Mark Barton, and the Menendez brothers

• And many more

Featuring stunning photos from the CBS series, Criminal Minds: Sociopaths, Serial Killers, and Other Deviants will give you new terrifying and fascinating insights into the mind of a criminal.

About the Author

JEFF MARIOTTE is a mystery writer and the co-owner of Mysterious Galaxy, an independent bookstore specializing in mystery, science fiction, fantasy, and horror. He has written more than three dozen tie-in novels, including two for CSI and one for CSI: Miami and graphic novels based on both.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (August 1, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470636254
• ISBN-13: 978-0470636251
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #159,080 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #68 in Books > Humor & Entertainment > Television > Guides & Reviews

More About the Author

Jeffrey J. Mariotte is the multiple award-winning author of more than forty-five novels, including original supernatural thrillers Season of the Wolf, Cold Black Hearts, River Runs Red and Missing White Girl, horror epic The Slab, thriller The Devil's Bait, and the Stoker-Award nominated teen horror quartet Dark Vengeance, as well as books set in the universes of Supernatural, CSI, Spider-Man, Superman, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Conan, 30 Days of Night, and more. Star Trek: The Folded World will be released in April 2013.

He is also the author of more comic books than he has time to count, including the horror graphic novel Zombie Cop, the original Western series Desperadoes (some of which have been nominated for Stoker and International Horror Guild awards) and the bestselling Presidential Material: Barack Obama.

He is a member of the International Thriller Writers, the Western Writers of America, and the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers.

With his wife, Maryelizabeth Hart, and partner Terry Gilman, he co-owns Mysterious Galaxy, a bookstore specializing in science fiction, fantasy, mystery and horror.

He lives on the Flying M Ranch in the American southwest with his family and pets in a home filled with books, music, toys, and other examples of American pop culture. More information than you would ever want to know about him is at jeffmariotte.com, where you'll also find a link to his blog.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars perfect companion to "Criminal Minds" November 4, 2010

By bOoKwOrM VINE™ VOICE

Format:Paperback

First of all, to those that may not know. Jeff Mariotte's book may cover various plot points and character developments up to the end of Season 5, but it's not an episode guide. Like the show, some parts of the book are graphic. In particular, Chapter 15 which focused on "blood suckers and flesh eaters" was really really gruesome.
The author is clearly a fan of the show, and I think that shows in the writing. It never felt like a dry lesson in criminology/criminal justice when I was reading the book. :)
I liked how Jeff Mariotte was able to blend examples of (in)famous cases to what viewers see in "Criminal Minds", giving us an idea of what real life profilers' jobs are like and just what has inspired some of the more interesting episodes of the show. I'd say if you're a "Criminal Minds" fanatic, you really should have this in your hands. Authorized companions to TV shows don't get much better than this.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Real life book October 17, 2010

By Leyla Caldwell

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

Absolutely fascinating, very easy to read! For those of us "of a certain age", remembering some of these whackos was disquieting, but this is a book well worth reading. It gives the series more credibility too.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Criminal Minds Companion October 14, 2010

By Ronda Pennycuff

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

As soon as I started reading I have not been able to put the book down and as of right now I am almost finished reading it. The book is a fasanating look into the mind of criminals. This a book that I would recommend to any Criminal Minds fan.