El legendario exagente del FBI especializado en el ana?lisis de la conducta criminal, que como escritor ha alcanzado el primer puesto en la lista de superventas del The New York Times y en cuya figura se inspira Mindhunter, la serie de Netflix, ahonda en la vida y los cri?menes de cuatro de los asesinos en serie ma?s perturbadores y complejos. Aqui? revela detalles ine?ditos sobre su proceso de elaboracio?n de perfiles criminolo?gicos, y divulga las estrategias empleadas para desentran?ar algunos de los casos ma?s complejos de Ame?rica. John Douglas, pionero en la elaboracio?n de perfiles criminolo?gicos y exagente especial del FBI, ha estudiado y entrevistado a muchos de los asesinos ma?s infames de Ame?rica --incluyendo a Charles Manson, David Berkowitz (conocido como "Hijo de Sam") y Dennis Rader (el "Estrangulador BTK")--. Ha entrenado a agentes y a investigadores del mundo, ha contribuido a que el pai?s tenga un mayor conocimiento sobre estos depredadores letales y la forma de actuar, y se ha convertido en una leyenda de la cultura popular que ha sido llevada a la ficcio?n en El silencio de los corderos y en dos series: Mentes criminales y Mindhunter. Recorriendo paso a paso las entrevistas que realizo?, Douglas explica co?mo conecta los cri?menes de cada asesino con la conversacio?n en cuestio?n, y contrasta encuentros con los mantenidos con otros criminales para mostrar lo que aprende de cada uno. En ese proceso recuerda otros casos famosos, otros asesinos y otras entrevistas que han moldeado su carrera, y describe co?mo los conocimientos que fue obteniendo gracias a aquellos encuentros le ayudaron a prepararse para los posteriores. Esta obra nos permite atisbar la mente de un hombre que ha penetrado en las entran?as de la oscuridad humana. Con el asesino enfrente descifra el misterio u?ltimo de la depravacio?n, y desvela las te?cnicas y los enfoques que han combatido contra la maldad en nombre de la justicia. "The legendary FBI criminal profiler, number-one New York Times bestselling author, and inspiration for the hit Netflix show Mindhunter delves deep into the lives and crimes of four of the most disturbing and complex predatory killers, offering never-before-revealed details about his profiling process, and divulging the strategies used to crack some of America's most challenging cases. The FBI's pioneer of criminal profiling, former special agent John Douglas, has studied and interviewed many of America's most notorious killers -- including Charles Manson, "Son of Sam Killer" David Berkowitz and "BTK Strangler" Dennis Rader -- trained FBI agents and investigators around and the world, and helped educate the country about these deadly predators and how they operate, and has become a legend in popular culture, fictionalized in The Silence of the Lambs and the hit television shows Criminal Minds and Mindhunter. Twenty years after his famous memoir, the man who literally wrote the book on FBI criminal profiling opens his case files once again. In this riveting work of true crime, he spotlights four of the most diabolical criminals he's confronted, interviewed and learned from. Going deep into each man's life and crimes, he outlines the factors that led them to murder and how he used his interrogation skills to expose their means, motives, and true evil. Like the hit Netflix show, The Killer Across the Table is centered around Douglas' unique interrogation and profiling process. With his longtime collaborator Mark Olshaker, Douglas recounts the chilling encounters with these four killers as he experienced them -- revealing for the first time his profile methods in detail. Going step by step through his interviews, Douglas explains how he connects each killer's crimes to the specific conversation, and contrasts these encounters with those of other deadly criminals to show what he learns from each one. In the process, he returns to other famous cases, killers and interviews that have shaped his career, describing how the knowledge he gained from those exchanges helped prepare him for these. A glimpse into the mind of a man who has pierced the heart of human darkness, The Killer Across the Table unlocks the ultimate mystery of depravity and the techniques and approaches that have countered evil in the name of justice."--