The Jigsaw Man

'Riveting... Everyone should read it' Observer 
'Nothing short of sudden death will distract you from The Jigsaw Man' Independent 
'Compelling... Fascinating... Britton has done hugely important work that saves lives' Sunday Times 
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The award-winning true crime classic. 
 
Forensic psychologist Paul Britton asks himself four questions when he is faced with a crime scene: what happened: who is the victim: how was it done, and why? Only when he has the answers to these questions can he address the fifth: who is responsible? 
 
What he searches for at the crime scene are not frinerprints, fibres or bloodstains - he looks for the 'mind trace' left behind by those responsible: the psychological characteristics that can help the police to identify and understand the nature of the perpetrator. 
 
The Jigsaw Man is not only a detective story involving some of the most high-profile cases of recent years, but also a journey of discovery into the darkest recesses of the human mind to confront the question 'Where does crime come from?'

Nothing short of sudden death will distract you from The Jigsaw Man... it's a triumph to be so interesting without a trace of sensationalism

Paul Britton

Compelling...Fascinating...Britton has done hugely important work that saves lives

A unique understanding of the dark side of the human condition

Precise, considered, methodical. HIs skill is to go beyong the guise, to understand and inhabit the psychopathic mind

Forensic psychologist Paul Britton can 'walk through the minds' of those who murder, rape, torture, extort and kidnap. He can see the world through their eyes and know what they're thinking. That's why the police have called him into so many high-profile criminal investigations and help them catch who is responsible. 
 
From top-security prisons and mental hospitals to ordinary outpatients' clinics, he has interviewed, assessed and treated people who were damaged or broken. Some were responsible for terrible crimes; others were stopped before it was too late. But the answers weren't always hidden at bloody crime scenes or in post-mortem photographs. Instead, they are mostly buried within someone's mind or deep in their past. 
 
How does he find the truth? In Picking Up the Pieces, Britton reveals the psychological and forensic foundations on which he has based his expertise. It is a remarkable, enlightening and, at times terrifying, journey into the dark recesses of that complex organism we call the human mind.

Paul Britton

Praise for Picking Up The Pieces

Compelling...Fascinating...Britton has done hugely important work that saves lives

A unique understanding of the dark side of the human condition

Precise, considered, methodical. HIs skill is to go beyong the guise, to understand and inhabit the psychopathic mind

Compelling...Fascinating...Britton has done hugely important work that saves lives

A unique understanding of the dark side of the human condition

Precise, considered, methodical. HIs skill is to go beyong the guise, to understand and inhabit the psychopathic mind

Compelling...Fascinating...Britton has done hugely important work that saves lives

A unique understanding of the dark side of the human condition

Precise, considered, methodical. HIs skill is to go beyong the guise, to understand and inhabit the psychopathic mind

Books by Paul Britton

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