18 books like Portrait of a Killer

What to read after Portrait of a Killer — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

The True Face of Jack the Ripper Melvin Harris · 1994 · 220p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Melvin Harris, the man chiefly responsible for exposing the "Ripper Diary", now reveals the true face of Jack the Ripper. Harris disposes of all previous candidates and by using FBI techniques he tells the story of how he tracked down the real Ripper. He came to the conclusion that Robert D'Onston Stephenson was a likely suspect for the murders Shares Jack, Serial murderers, Serial murders, London

The complete Jack the Ripper Donald Rumbelow · 1975 · ★ 3.9 · 305p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Discover the theories and facts surrounding the Whitechapel murders in David Rumbelow's The Complete Jack the Ripper... It is 1888 in London's Whitechapel district, where one by one a group of prostitutes are brutally murdered. Opium smoking Inspector Fred Abberline is called upon to investigate these horrific murders and through his visions track down and trap Jack the Ripper. David Rumbelow's… Shares Jack, Serial murderers, Serial murders, True Crime

Naming Jack the Ripper Russell Edwards · 2014 · ★ 3.6 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Shares Jack, Serial murders, London, True Crime with this book.

The Lodger Marie Belloc Lowndes · 1913 · 286p · ≈ 9h · Moderate The Lodger is the first known novelization of the Jack the Ripper story. It follows the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Bunting, a maid and butler. An eccentric lodger, Mr. Sleuth, arrives at their lodging-house just as a wave of horrific murders begins to sweep London. The Buntings become engrossed in the newspaper sensationalism as well the detailed accounts of their young friend, a Scotland Yard… Shares Jack, Serial murders, London, History

The midnight assassin Skip Hollandsworth · 2015 · ★ 4.0 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Shares Serial murderers, Serial murders, True Crime, General with this book. Shares Serial murderers, Serial murders, True Crime, General

Serial Killers Peter Vronsky · 2004 · 422p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Shares Serial murderers, Serial murders, True Crime, General with this book.

Born Killers Christopher Berry-Dee · 2006 · 270p · ≈ 9h · Moderate But no matter how many people they have killed, no matter how many lives they have ruined and whatever the nature of their sickening crimes, serial killers are still human. Analysing the early years of the lives of men like Jeffrey Dahmer, who abused and killed 17 young men, offers a fascinating insight into the effects of a dysfunctional or abusive childhood. Criminologists Christopher… Shares Serial murderers, True Crime

Things a Killer Would Know Paula Doneman · 2006 · 278p · ≈ 9h · Moderate A no-holds-barred account of the deadly rampage of rapist and serial killer, Leonard Fraser.In April, 1999, schoolgirl Keyra Steinhardt was bashed, raped and murdered in a brazen daylight attack as she walked home from school in the central Queensland town of Rockhampton. The disappearance of Keyra made international headlines as the community and law enforcement officers hunted for the… Shares Serial murderers, Serial murders, True Crime

Crimes of Passion Howard Engel · 2001 · 239p · ≈ 7h · Moderate The very term "crimes of passion" evokes deep-seated, atavistic responses in everyone's heart. These are the crimes that are born in the emotional core of women and men who are pushed to do the unthinkable. There are never - well, hardly ever - any of the crass considerations of financial gain, no taint of reward; only release. These crimes are direct responses to betrayal, to broken hearts and… Shares True Crime, Murder, History

Serial Killers Up Close and Very Personal Victoria Redstall · 2011 Shares Serial murderers, True Crime, Murder with this book.

The shadow of death Philip E. Ginsburg · 1993 · ★ 4.5 · 406p · ≈ 13h · Moderate This is a true crime book about an area in Connecticut River valley of Vermont/New Hampshire that experiences three serial killers in the 1980s and 1990s. Ginsburg was a good writer who didn't sensationalize the storeis, letting the events speak for themselves as they played out. Shares Serial murders, True Crime, Murder

By the Fire We Carry Rebecca Nagle · 2024 · ★ 4.4 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Shares True Crime, Murder, History with this book.

The Bloody Countess Valentine Penrose · 1970 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Shares Serial murderers, Serial murders, True Crime, General with this book.

Guilty of Nothing Kevin King · 2008 · 70p · ≈ 2h · Light Shares Serial murderers, Serial murders with this book.

There But For the Grace of God Fred Rosen · 2007 · ★ 3.0 · 278p · ≈ 9h · Moderate They stared into the faces of pure evil . . . and survived!Ted Bundy . . . Jeffrey Dahmer . . .David "Son of Sam" Berkowitz . . . Dennis Rader, the BTK Killer . . .These are some of the names that strike terror into even the bravest of hearts. Human monsters, they preyed upon the unsuspecting, freely feeding their terrible hungers. Their crimes were unspeakable, as they maimed, tortured, killed,… Shares Serial murderers, Serial murders, True Crime

Death's Shadow Jon Wells · 2013 · 248p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Shares True Crime, General, Murder with this book.

Women, Murder, and Equity in Early Modern England Randall Martin · 2007 · 300p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Shares True Crime, General, Murder, History with this book.

Private London

Private London James Patterson & Mark Pearson · 2011 · ★ 4.0 · 373p · ≈ 12h · Moderate For Hannah Shapiro, a beautiful young American student, this particular nightmare began eight years ago in Los Angeles, when Jack Morgan, owner of Private - the world's most exclusive detective agency - saved her from a horrific death. She has fled her country, but can't flee her past. The terror has followed her to London, and now it is down to former Royal Military Police Sergeant Dan Carter,… Shares Serial murderers, Serial murders, London, Murder

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