Signature Killers - Softcover

"The Silence of the Lambs owes tons to the investigation of the mind and moudus operandi of the serial killer conducted by Robert Keppel...highly readable, the book is one of the classic studies of criminology" Time Out "Superb...not only is Keppel a superlative detective, he is an excellent writer" Daily Mail

The answers are hidden among the grisly evidence, the common threads that link each devastating act. Sparked by a growing concern over the steady rise of signature murders, Robert Keppel explores in unflinching detail the monstrous patterns, sadiistic compulsions and depraved motives of this breed of killer. From The Lovely Hearts Killer who haunted the most desperate of women in 1950s America, to the savage Midtown Torso Murders that stunned the NYPD, to such infamous symbols of evil as Jeffrey Dahmer, Ted Bundy and John Gacy, these are the cases-horrifying, graphic and unforgettable that Keppel ingeniously taps to shed light on the darkest corners of the pathological mind.