The Jigsaw Man

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? Why? Only when he has the answer to these questions can he address the fifth: who is responsible? An intensely private and unassuming man, Britton has an almost mythical status in the field of crime deduction because of his ability to 'walk through the minds' of those who stalk, abduct, torture, rape and kill other human beings. What he searches for at the scene of a crime are not fingerprints, fibres, or blood stains - he looks for the 'mind trace' left behind by those responsible; the psychological characteristics that can help police to identify and understand the nature of the perpetrator. 'The Jigsaw Man' is Paul's absorbing account of more than 100 headline investigations and of his analysis and treatment of the criminal mind.