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


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?'