The Killer's Shadow by Mark Olshaker

The Killer's Shadow by Mark Olshaker

The legendary FBI criminal profiler and international bestselling author of Mindhunter and The Killer Across the Table returns with this timely, relevant book that goes to the heart of extremism and domestic terrorism, examining in-depth his chilling pursuit of, and eventual prison confrontation with Joseph Paul Franklin, a White Nationalist serial killer and one of the most disturbing psychopaths he has ever encountered.



Worshippers stream out of an Midwestern synagogue after sabbath services, unaware that only a hundred yards away, an expert marksman and  avowed racist, antisemite and member of the Ku Klux Klan, patiently awaits, his hunting rifle at the ready. 

 The October 8, 1977 shooting was a forerunner to the tragedies and divisiveness that plague us today. John Douglas, the FBI's pioneering, first full-time criminal profiler, hunted the shooter--a white supremacist named Joseph Paul Franklin, whose Nazi-inspired beliefs propelled a three-year reign of terror across the United States, targeting African Americans, Jews, and interracial couples. In addition, Franklin bombed the home of Jewish leader Morris Amitay, shot and paralyzed Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt, and seriously wounded civil rights leader Vernon Jordan. The fugitive supported his murderous spree robbing banks in five states, from Georgia to Ohio.

 Douglas and his writing partner Mark Olshaker return to this disturbing case that reached the highest levels of the Bureau, which was fearful Franklin would become a presidential assassin--and haunted him for years to come as the threat of copycat domestic terrorist killers increasingly became a reality. Detailing the dogged pursuit of Franklin that employed profiling, psychology and meticulous detective work, Douglas and Olshaker relate how the case was a make-or-break test for the still-experimental behavioral science unit and revealed a new type of, determined, mission-driven serial killer whose only motivation was hate.

A riveting, cautionary tale rooted in history that continues to echo today, The Killer's Shadow is a terrifying and essential exploration of the criminal personality  in the vile grip of extremism and what happens when rage-filled speech evolves into deadly action and hatred of the "other" is allowed full reign.

 The Killer's Shadow includes an 8-page color photo insert.

JOHN DOUGLAS, the legendary FBI criminal profiler and New York Times bestselling author, has spent over twenty-five years hunting the worst of the worst, researching and culling the stories of America's most disturbing criminals. A veteran of the United States Air Force, he has been involved with more than five thousand violent crime cases over the past half century. He holds a doctorate degree in education based on teaching police officers methods of crime classification, he is an active consultant, and is a highly sought-after speaker. One of the foremost experts and investigators of criminal minds and motivations, he and his wife, Pam, a teacher, live in the Washington, DC area.

MARK OLSHAKER is an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker and author of twelve nonfiction books and five novels, including Einstein's Brain and The Edge. His books with John Douglas, beginning with Mindhunter and, most recently, The Killer's Shadow, have sold millions of copies and have been translated into many languages. Mindhunter has been made into a dramatic series on Netflix, directed by David Fincher. Olshaker has also written extensive on another subject of deadly mysteries: disease detection and public health. His book Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs, with Dr. Michael Osterholm, predicted the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic and became a New York Times bestseller. He and his wife, Carolyn, an attorney, live in the Washington, DC area.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780063007413
ISBN 10	006300741X
Title	The Killer's Shadow
Author	Mark Olshaker
Series	Files Of The Fbi's Original Mindhunter
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Year published	2020-11-17
Number of pages	384
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.