The Devil You Know

'Exceptional.' VAL McDERMID'Gripping . . . and ultimately enlightening.' PHILIPPE SANDS'Extraordinary.' SEBASTIAN FAULKS'Fascinating, erudite and beautifully written.' CHRISTIE WATSON'Urgent and invaluable.' DAVID LAMMY'Meticulous, elegant, provoking.' MARINA CANTACUZINOA perspective-shattering work into the minds of violent criminals that reveals profound consequences for human nature and society at large. A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK'It is the humanity in the stories that makes [this] book so extraordinary.' SUNDAY TIMESSerial homicide. Stalking. Arson. Gang crime. Who are the people behind these acts of terrible violence? What are their stories? And what is it like to sit opposite them?Dr Gwen Adshead is one of Britain's leading forensic psychiatrists, and she has spent thirty years providing therapy inside secure hospitals and prisons. Whatever her patient's...