The Mind of a Murderer, Richard Taylor
The Mind of a Murderer, Richard Taylor
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The Mind of a Murderer
A glimpse into the darkest corners of the human psyche, from a leading forensic psychiatrist

Author: Richard Taylor

Narrator: Richard Taylor

Unabridged: 11 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Wildfire

Published: 01/21/2021


Synopsis

'Whodunnit' doesn't matter so much, not to a forensic psychiatrist. We're more interested in the 'why'.

In his 26 years in the field, Richard Taylor has worked on well over a hundred murder cases, with victims and perpetrators from all walks of life. In this fascinating memoir, Taylor draws on some of the most tragic, horrific and illuminating of these cases - as well as dark secrets from his own family's past - to explore some of the questions he grapples with every day:

Why do people kill?
Does committing a monstrous act make someone a monster?
Could any of us, in the wrong circumstances, become a killer?

As Taylor helps us understand what lies inside the minds of his patients, using their own words to tell their stories, he presents us with the most important challenge of all: how can we find common humanity, even in the darkest of human deeds - and why it is so vital that we try?

The Mind of a Murderer is a fascinating exploration into the psyche of killers, as well as a unique insight into the life and mind of the doctor who treats them. For fans of Unnatural Causes, The Examined Life and All That Remains.

(P)2020 Headline Publishing Group Ltd

About Richard Taylor

Richard Taylor was born in Singapore and grew up in the south of England. He trained as a doctor at University College London, and was inspired to move into psychiatry, and then forensic psychiatry, by some of the stabbing victims he treated in A&E as a junior doctor; long after the life-threatening injuries had been dealt with, he would find himself wondering about the narrative behind the crime - who attacked whom, and why? He completed post-graduate training at the Bethlem and Maudsley hospitals and then took up a post as Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist. Since then he has gained extensive experience working on cases involving all types of crime including rape, arson, serious violence, murder and conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction. He has dealt with murder cases of all types over his nearly three-decade psychiatry career, both as an expert witness and as a treating forensic psychiatrist.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Nicole on May 04, 2022

*pominęłam rozdział o terroryzmie* Bardzo dobra książka! Widziałam wiele zarzutów wokół tego, że autor często opowiada o swoim życiu prywatnym (podróże rowerem) i chciałabym się zabawić szybko w adwokata diabła. Nie dziwi mnie taka decyzja, w końcu w niektórych rozdziałach chodziło o to, żeby spojrze......more

Goodreads review by Ola on July 10, 2022

Liczyłam na więcej! Tematyka ciekawa, ale podana w chaotyczny i średnio przystępny sposób, ze zbyt dużą rolą autora. Wydaje mi się, że zdecydowana większość sięga po tą książkę, żeby poznać powód popełniania przez ludzi zbrodni, a nie aby dowiedzieć się co autor je w weekendy na obiad (spaghetti z ow......more

Goodreads review by Flapper72 on September 30, 2021

What an amazing book. I am a hospital consultant but we get so caught up in our own specialities that we loose any knowledge/insight into the working of others in healthcare. This book was astounding, reeducating me and opening my eyes to the the stress, challenges of all that work in healthcare. I......more

Goodreads review by Lizzie on March 06, 2024

The Mind of a Murderer is a fascinating non-fiction book by Richard Taylor, a forensic psychiatrist based in London. Part memoir and part research overview, The Mind of a Murderer takes the reader through a variety of motivations for murder - financial gain, anger, psychosis, terrorism - and walks t......more

Goodreads review by Tanja on April 01, 2024

This was really good! The author is a forensic psychiatrist and he takes us through the different kinds of murders and murderers. Men who kill because they are mentally ill, men who kill their partners, women who kill their partners, sexual deviants, murders for financial gains. It’s thoughtful and......more