{"product_id":"books-when-a-killer-calls-by-john-e-douglas","title":"When a Killer Calls","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom John Douglas—the legendary FBI criminal\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eprofiler, #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author, and inspiration\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003efor the Netflix show \u003cem\u003eMindhunter\u003c\/em\u003e—comes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ea chilling journey inside the mind and crimes of Larry Gene Bell, one of the\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003emost dangerous serial killers Douglas confronted, and the desperate effort to\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eidentify and catch him.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn May 31, 1985, two days before her high\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eschool graduation, Shari Smith was abducted from the driveway of her family\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehome in South Carolina. Based on the crime scene and the abductor’s repeated\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand taunting calls to the family, law enforcement quickly realized they\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewere dealing with a sophisticated and highly dangerous criminal. A letter arrived\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe next day entitled “Last Will \u0026amp; Testament,” in which Shari, knowing she\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewas to be murdered, wrote bravely and achingly of her love for her parents,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esiblings, and boyfriend, saying that while they would miss her, she knew they\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewould persevere through their faith. The abduction rocked her quiet town,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etriggering a massive manhunt and bringing in the FBI, which enlisted profiler\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Douglas. A few days later, a phone call told the family where they could\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efind Shari’s body.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen nine-year-old Debra May Helmick was\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ekidnapped from her yard, confirming the harsh realization that Smith’s murder\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewas no random act. A serial killer was evolving, and the only way to stop him\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewould be to use the study of criminal behavior to anticipate his next move\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebefore he could kill again. Douglas devised a risky and emotionally fraught\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estrategy to use Shari’s lookalike older sister Dawn as bait to draw out the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eunknown subject. Dawn and her parents courageously agreed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the most haunting investigations of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDouglas’s storied career, this case details how the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eeerily accurate profile he created—alongside his carefully\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecrafted and stage-managed manipulation of the killer’s psychology—combined with\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ededicated police work and cutting-edge forensic science to end a reign of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecriminal terror. As Shari’s family took incredible personal risks to lure her\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ekiller from the shadows, Douglas and the FBI pushed criminal profiling to its\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elimits, culminating in one of his most dramatic and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eeffective confrontations with a sadistic and remorseless killer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53768705835281,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780062979797.jpg?v=1783946334","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/books-when-a-killer-calls-by-john-e-douglas","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}