The Murderer Next Door: Why the Mind Is Designed to Kill

CLASSIC OF PROFILING. A STUDY THAT CHANGED THE WAY WE SEE MURDERERS.

Intuitively, it seems to us that killers are secretive, suspicious people—whose antisocial nature you can spot from miles away. However, in reality, most killers are those who, up until the moment of the crime, seemed completely normal to everyone.

Evolutionary psychologist David M. Buss conducted a shocking study: over seven years, his team interviewed 5,000 completely ordinary, law-abiding people from different countries and cultures. They analyzed more than 400,000 murders that had already been committed and concluded—every person is capable of crossing the line.

In this book, people share their fantasies about murders that will make you look at our neighbors and friends in a new way. David M. Buss shared real stories that are hard to believe and described a case in which jurors refused to hold a killer accountable.

FROM THIS BOOK YOU WILL LEARN:

– what can trigger aggression and violence;

– how to protect yourself as much as possible;

– why men are killed more often;

– what can stop a person who intends to kill.