A new book by SPIEGEL best-selling author. Axel Petermann served 40 years in criminal police and investigated more than 1,000 cases involving death or injury. He mastered advanced FBI work technologies and successfully introduced profiling methods in Germany. In his expert book, the author examines the bizarre sexual fantasies of a killer; investigates a murder that remained unsolved for nearly 20 years; and describes the psychology of a sadistic murderer. Axel Petermann answers questions about what a profiler can tell from criminals:
— more than 30 wounds on the victim’s body;
— a severed ear found at the corpse;
— pieces of fabric with which the woman was tied;
— attempts by the offender to kill the victim in multiple ways at the same time.
This true-crime bestseller lets you, step by step, take part in the most complex and unusual investigations from his practice together with Germany’s most famous profiling detective.