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Criminal Minds: Killer Profile | 
 enlarge | Author: Max Allan Collins
Publisher: Signet
Category: Book
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 59848
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
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Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 4.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 0451223829
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780451223821
ASIN: 0451223829
Publication Date: May 6, 2008
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Product Description
An elite team of FBI profilers is called in to help Chicago detectives investigate a series of bizarre murders. Though all are violent and disturbing, the crimes seem unrelateduntil profiler David Rossi makes the connection. He recognizes each grisly tableau as one modeled on the crime scenes of three of the countrys most notorious serial killers: David Berkowitz, Ted Bundy, and Jeffrey Dahmer.
Someone is taking the cult of true crime to terrifying extremes, and with so many killers left to emulate, Rossi wonders how he can possibly profile a killer whos hiding within the killer profiles of others
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 As good as one of the better episodes July 16, 2008
Max Allan Collins continues to match the feel of a series with the "book episodes" he writes. Reading "Killer Profile" felt like I was watching an episode of "Criminal Minds", and one of the better episodes at that.
Mind of a Copycat July 10, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A police procedural with a slightly different twist, the plot involves the efforts of the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit's efforts to profile a serial killer in Chicago who is replicating famous serial murder committed by the likes of Ted Bundy, the Son of Sam, et al. They are brought into the picture by two Chicago detectives who believe that a few cases in disparate jurisdictions are related, despite their superiors' denials. The various police departments keep the cases separate and are not sharing information, making the task of linking them extremely difficult.
The BAU group heads to Chicago and begins trying to get the various departments to form a task force, and all but one join in the effort. Slowly, details emerge and a picture of the killer begins to form--but not before 11 victims are found. The killer sends copies of the various crime scene pictures to each police department in a wide geographic area, taunting the cops and the BAU. The job of anticipating the killer becomes crucial before another murder takes place and public panic occurs.
The novel is based on the CBS television series, and is well-constructed. While some of the writing is somewhat stilted, and there is dialogue that is hackneyed in an effort to give "cop talk" flavor, generally the writing is fluid and the story moves forward at a good pace. Recommended.
 Killer Profile - one for the fans June 22, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Killer Profile is similar to the first Criminal Minds novel in two ways:
1. The plot is as intriguing and well-thought out as the storylines on the show,
2. The writing style is so abysmally bad that I was literally cringing as I read it. Having said that, it could be ten times worse and I'd still read it, because it's Criminal Minds.
This is worth picking up if you're a fan of the show, which most readers probably are.
A Bit Shallow May 31, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is the first M.A.Collins book I have read and it will probably be the last. It's too much a TV script assembled as a book. The story is a bit farfetched, but my primary complaint is the total lack of depth of both the characters and the plot itself. It is not a horrible books but a too quick read of just the facts dressed up with an adjective here and there. It is a two and half star book for me but I'm stuck with 2 or 3 only. If you are fans of the TV show, I think this book will be a bit of a disappointment.
Worth the time May 10, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
CRIMINAL MINDS: KILLER PROFILE is a big improvement over the first Max Allen Collins book based on the popular CBS television series, CRIMINAL MINDS: JUMP CUT. For a book based on another media be it movies, television, comic books or whatever to succeed it must capture the tone and pacing of the original source material but most of all it must get the characters right. That was the problem with Mr. Collins' first Criminal Minds novel but apparently he has learned his lesson as the greatest strength of KILLER PROFILE is how successfully the characters are brought to life..
The plot of this book is also stronger and much more compelling then that of the first book with a maniac recreating famous murders done by serial killers. There is some good work here lending insight into the criminal profiling process and into the mind of the killer and those pursuing him. And, like the best episodes of the series, this book has some really creepy moments, nothing too over the top but genuinely creepy nonetheless.
This is only the third Max Allen Collins book I've read (the third being a take off of the Fox series BONES) and is the only one of the three I can recommend but I do recommend CRIMINAL MINDS: KILLER PROFILE to both series fans and those who've never seen an episode. And it's also quite readable as a mystery novel
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