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Hearts of darkness : serial killers, the behavioral science unit, and my life as a women in the FBI / Jana Monroe ; foreword by Joe Navarro.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Abrams Press, 2023Description: xvii, 300 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
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  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781419766114
  • 1419766112
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Contents:
Foreword -- Prologue: just another day at the office -- Days and nights with Dirty Hary -- Girls are girls, cops are cops -- Getting serious-- Breaking through -- What's she doing here? -- Welcome to the sunshine state -- Thinking big -- The third degree -- God is in the details -- Beware what you wish for -- The silence of the lambs -- Starstruck -- For better for worse -- Hearts of darkness -- Victimology101 -- When the abnormal becomes normal and normal is hell -- Low crimes in high places -- Help is on the way -- The Texas seven -- 9/11 -- Trailer trash -- Crime and punishment -- Phishing trip -- Fork in the road -- Never enough time -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.
Summary: An agent in the world-renowned FBI Behavioral Sciences Unit who consulted on more than 850 homicide cases, crossing paths with some of the world's most infamous serial killers, and the real-life model for The Silence of the Lambs's Clarice Starling, shares her incredible story for the first time.
List(s) this item appears in: Women's History Month (Adults)
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction New 363.258 M753 Checked out 06/21/2024 33111011206097
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For fans of Mindhunter , Criminal Minds , and My Favorite Murder , a riveting memoir of a trailblazing woman's life hunting down serial killers as one of the first female profilers of the FBI Behavioral Sciences Unit and the real-life model for Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lambs .



"Jana Monroe is the single most influential woman to ever serve in the FBI." --Joe Navarro, bestselling author of What Every BODY Is Saying



Jana Monroe was no ordinary cop. One of the first analysts--and, at the time, the only female agent--in the world-renowned FBI Behavioral Sciences Unit at Quantico, she consulted on more than 850 homicide cases, including infamous serial killers Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, Edmund Kemper, and Aileen Wuornos. Monroe was also the model for Clarice Starling in the movie version of The Silence of the Lambs ; she even helped train Jodie Foster for her Oscar-winning role. Monroe's later years found her dealing with the aftermath of Columbine, heading up the FBI's post-9/11 investigation in Las Vegas, and much more.



In Hearts of Darkness , Monroe steps out from the shadows to tell the story of her astonishing life in shaping law enforcement and intelligence analysis. Monroe explores the cases that have stayed with her, breaking down victimology, offering new insight into the minds of serial killers, and discussing the psychological toll of the job and the obstacles she faced as a woman in the male-dominated Bureau. This is a gripping, sometimes gruesome, and always remarkable memoir of an unparalleled life and career spent chasing the monsters among us.

Foreword -- Prologue: just another day at the office -- Days and nights with Dirty Hary -- Girls are girls, cops are cops -- Getting serious-- Breaking through -- What's she doing here? -- Welcome to the sunshine state -- Thinking big -- The third degree -- God is in the details -- Beware what you wish for -- The silence of the lambs -- Starstruck -- For better for worse -- Hearts of darkness -- Victimology101 -- When the abnormal becomes normal and normal is hell -- Low crimes in high places -- Help is on the way -- The Texas seven -- 9/11 -- Trailer trash -- Crime and punishment -- Phishing trip -- Fork in the road -- Never enough time -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.

An agent in the world-renowned FBI Behavioral Sciences Unit who consulted on more than 850 homicide cases, crossing paths with some of the world's most infamous serial killers, and the real-life model for The Silence of the Lambs's Clarice Starling, shares her incredible story for the first time.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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