The Anatomy of Motive
While at Lake Wappepello this part year on a little mini-vacation, I was suckered into visiting a local flea market. I consider shopping at flea markets just as bad as shopping at the mall, but I was able to find 2 books that end up being great.
The first book was entitled, “The Anatomy of Motive”. The book was co-written by John Douglas, who was the top profiler dude at the FBI. Scott Glenn’s character in Silence of the Lambs is supposed to be based on this dude.
The book is not exactly a literary masterpiece, but the content is AMAZING! Basically, John Douglas goes through various crimes that have been committed and goes on to explain how they went about catching them. This book deals mainly with the motive side of things, obviously, and illustrates how the FBI would go about using the understanding of motive to catch bad guys.
The way I’ve worded it, this book sounds like Andy Griffith…or is it Matlock. Well, that’s because I’m a crappy writer. I’d love to give you an example of the kind of crimes they solve, but that would let the cat out of the bag. Let’s just say that Matlock wouldn’t go near a few of these.
It’s AMAZING how they are able to catch criminals based on their background and the way the crimes were committed.
If you have any interest in psychology, murder, and the criminal mind than this is killer (ha ha) book.
Brandon