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    In a crime investigation, a police detective usually asks, “Who had the means, motive, and the opportunity to commit this crime?” In the book Profiling: The Psychology of Catching Killers,

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    Not being intimately familiar with the work of Jan Welters, it was easy to have an open mind about what was waiting behind the cover.

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    “. . . proves both enormously entertaining as well as informative. . . .

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    “Vivid, moving, revealing, and highly readable, The Helpers deserves a high place on the Covid-19 bookshelf.”

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    The Dissident: Alexey Navalny is both interesting and depressing—a valuable guide to understanding contemporary Russia, its boss, and a major opponent.”

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    “Compliments to Krysa for recognizing the greatness in these women.

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    When the average American thinks of prison, she will often draw a blank. Sure, prisons are bad places filled with lawbreakers and violence, but specifics are often few and far between.

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    “Glamping: Glamorous Camping in the Great Outdoors aims to extoll the joys of luxurious outdoorsmanship via 60 profiles of notable glamping spots, accompanied by a generous samplin

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    “Specifically for marketing and sales, How to Read a Client from Across the Room is a game changer. . . . promises to be a marketing classic.”

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    One of the most significant pains of imprisonment is being cut off from the outside world. While this is very much a physical segregation, it is also a mental and informational one.

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    “Nicely—even elegantly—written, well edited, and consisting of material not published elsewhere, this is an entertainingly rare gem of a book.

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    Famed 18th century jurist William Blackstone once said, "It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer." Theoretically, this is a bedrock principle of American criminal

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    Alan Jacobson knows how to write suspense. . . . Don’t say you weren’t warned.”

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    “It is challenging to balance audience appeal in a book like this. One must please both casual fans and those already familiar with the game’s long history.

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    Journalist Elon Green’s true-crime book Last Call is a chilling account of the murders of gay men in the ’80s and ’90s.

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    “Adam Mitzner’s legal thriller is fresh and satisfying.”

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    Shadows of the Past is well written . . . Taylor Martin is a strong protagonist . . .”

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    If you are ever in Pittsburgh and run across psychologist and trauma expert Daniel Rinaldi, run in the opposite direction. He attracts mayhem like pollen attracts bees.

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    The Darkness of Evil is the seventh book in the Karen Vail series. Vail is an FBI profiler who’s investigated some of the world’s most vicious serial killers.

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