{"product_id":"9780440235521","title":"Profiles in Murder: An FBI Legend Dissects Killers and Their Crimes","description":"\u003cp\u003eA victim is stabbed nineteen times but left in a peaceful, resting position. Was her killer a raging psychotic, or as timid as she was?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a charred house a partially clothed woman is found in her bed with a pornographic magazine and a mirror. Did she die in the fire — or at a sex killer's hands?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore it was immortalized in \u003ci\u003eThe Silence of the Lambs\u003c\/i\u003e, the FBI Behavioral Science Profiling Unit was pioneered by Russell Vorpagel. Now the legendary profiler takes you into the most intriguing cases of his career — actual cases of serial killings, sex crimes, celebrity murders, and hostage takings. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShowing how profiling turns the chaos and blood of a crime scene into a psychological snapshot of a suspect — his age, his personality, even the model car he drives — Vorpagel illuminates the twisted minds of the most vicious criminals of our time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the vampire murderer Richard Trenton Case — who consumed the blood of his victims — to Vorpagel's own duel with an assassin on the island of St. Croix, \u003cb\u003eProfiles in Murder\u003c\/b\u003e is the chilling real-life story of the human monsters who share our streets — and the men and women who hunt them down.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47025274290416,"sku":"9780440235521","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780440235521_p0.jpg?v=1763702120","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780440235521","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}