True Motive

The Anatomy of Motive offers a dramatic, insightful look at the development and evolution of the criminal mind. The famed former chief of the FBI's Investigative Support Unit, John Douglas was the pioneer of modern behavioral profiling of serial criminals. Working again with acclaimed novelist, journalist, and filmmaker Mark Olshaker, and using cases from his own fabled career as examples, Douglas takes us further than ever before into the dark corners of the minds of arsonists, hijackers, bombers, poisoners, serial killers, and mass murderers.

New York Times best-selling author Patrick Lencioni has written a dozen books that focus on how leaders can build teams and lead organizations. In The Motive, he shifts his attention toward helping them understand the importance of why they're leading in the first place. Lencioni thrusts his listeners into a day-long conversation between rival CEOs. Shay Davis is the CEO of Golden Gate Alarm, who, after just a year in his role, is beginning to worry about his job and is desperate to figure out how to turn things around.

Scandal. Murder. Adultery. Forgiveness. Faith. Hope. It’s all included in the true crimes found in the pages of the Bible. But unlike your favorite true crime show, these dark deeds not only reveal the devastating consequences of sin but also the unrelenting power of God’s grace. Explore some of Scripture’s most shocking tales of corruption, violence, confession, and redemption in this book by Dr. Bruce Becker. From Cain’s fratricide to Paul’s complicity in a public execution, you’ll investigate cases of horrific sin and extravagant grace as you uncover the truth of God’s ...

After returning to his ransacked home, Tom is forced to confront a series of bizarre circumstances that don't quite add up. Meanwhile, he has no idea whether the elusive and now angered hominid continues to lurk nearby.

We accompany him on the Journey Into Darkness that marks every case he examines; every instance in which he helps police identify the unknown perpetrator of a violent series of rapes, kidnappings, or murders through his remarkable criminal personality profiling.

My friend, Yarmila, was brutally stabbed to death by her husband, Scott, in the backyard of the family home while their children slept upstairs. He has always maintained he has no memory of this brutal action and once he accepted his guilt, has always taken responsibility for it. This took place in January of 1997, and in 2013, the Arizona Supreme Court designated the trial historically significant.This is a factual retelling of the saddest, strangest true-life story I have ever encountered. I hope it provides a depth of understanding absent from news accounts.

Even having hundreds of closed cases to his credit can't keep LAPD police lieutenant Milo Sturgis from agonizing over the crimes that don't get solved - and the victims who go without justice. Victims like Katherine Hennepin, a young woman strangled and stabbed in her home. A single suspect with a solid alibi leads to a dead end - one even Alex Delaware's expert insight can't explain. The only thing to do is move on to the next murder case - because there's always a next one.

A short story from British Library Crime Classic The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories. As Sir Leonard Huntercombe tells the elaborate story of one of his clients, listeners will love piecing together this strange locked-room mystery set on a sleeper train to Aberdeen.

It starts with a double homicide. Because of the high profiles of the victims - a politically connected socialite and his glamorous fiancée - the mayor of San Francisco herself demands that a high-ranking detective be put on the case. And so Abe Glitsky is thrust into the controversial investigation.

In 2004, the body of a young Perth woman was found on the grounds of a primary school. Her name was Rebecca Ryle. The killing would mystify investigators, lawyers, and psychologists - and profoundly rearrange the life of the victim's family. It would also involve the author's family, because his brother knew the man charged with the murder. For years, the two had circled each other suspiciously, in a world of violence, drugs, and rotten aspirations.

Are all serial killers the same, or do they have different motives, methods, or origins? In this guide, we will answer those questions in the first chapter. They come in all shapes and sizes.

Todos los asesinatos se parecen. Al fn y al cabo, todos ellos suponen la muerte de una persona inocente. Lo que les confere su particularidad, lo que les imprime su sello único, personalísimo, son los motivos que incitan a un individuo a cometerlos. Descubrir esos factores que llevan a una persona cualquiera a convertirse en un implacable asesino es lo que nos inquieta. Desentrañar qué motivaciones se ocultan tras actos criminales, a menudo difíciles de explicar, es el propósito de este nuevo libro de la jurista y criminóloga Paz Velasco.

It is the Autumn of Terror, 1888, in London, England. Jack the Ripper is hard at work. So what better time is there for doctors Frankenstein, Jekyll, Griffin, and Moreau to bring a dead girl back to life?

Jane Cho is a former legal investigator who was really good at her job, but she quit when someone she was investigating tried to have her killed. She returned to the seaside town of Waverly, Massachusetts, to run a takeout-food shop, Comfort & Joy, and to live a quiet, safer life. She thought everything was behind her as that person was convicted and is behind bars. But one peaceful morning, Jane stumbles over a dead body while taking out the trash. The dead woman ran a nearby bed and breakfast and had been threatened by Jane's thriving new business.

Even having hundreds of closed cases to his credit can't keep LAPD police lieutenant Milo Sturgis from agonizing over the crimes that don't get solved - and the victims who go without justice. Victims like Katherine Hennepin, a young woman strangled and stabbed in her home. A single suspect with a solid alibi leads to a dead end - one even Alex Delaware's expert insight can't explain. The only thing to do is move on to the next murder case - because there's always a next one.

Tre dånande pistolskott som avlossades i snabb följd och som följdes av ytterligare ett efter en kort paus satte stopp för idyllen i Höjbjerg, ett mondänt förstadskvarter i Århus. De första skotten dödade 43-åriga fru Ulla Jensen och det fjärde skottet sårade hennes 51-åriga hemhjälp, fru Petersen, allvarligt. Detta utgjorde upptakten till en av de största och mest omfattande utredningar i Århuspolisens histo­ria. Ungefär 18 000 personer förhördes och tips från allmänheten strömmade in.

Rye Marshall had it all - wealth, prominence, and the love of his life. But nothing lasts forever, and his perfect world came crashing down around him. When the dust settled, he found himself alone and starting from a clean slate. Grace Dorrance had made many mistakes in her life, but one stood out above the rest - an epic ending to a complex and passionate relationship. She left her former lover’s life in complete ruins and tried her best never to look back at the wreckage.

In the week before Christmas, two people are brutally murdered in their homes. There is no sign of a struggle, and both victims have had their throats slashed open. Detective Jason Smith is on holiday for the Christmas period, but he finds himself in the middle of the investigation before he knows it. There are no clues left at the murder scenes besides a bizarre series of numbers and letters left in random places—E.6.T.0.M. Smith and the team are baffled.

Just months before Hawaii's gubernatorial primary election, a body is found on the floor of the open air capitol, a macabre scene specifically manipulated to draw attention to a sitting governor with waning political support. Frantic, he calls on the Honolulu Chief of Police Walter Tseng, demanding that the perpetrator be brought to justice as swiftly and silently as possible, fearful a scandal might destroy whatever chance he still has at gaining re-election.