Legendary FBI profiler John Douglas illustrates how profiling can help catch a killer with sex maniac Larry Jean Bell, who killed two girls in South Carolina.

May 31, 1985, two days before high school graduation , a young Shari Smith was abducted outside her home in South Carolina. Everything pointed to a sexually motivated murder. But the most unusual and frightening thing is that the maniac began to call the family of the murdered girl, reveling in power and manipulation over inconsolable women - mother and older sister Don - and also sent them a farewell letter to Shari and indicated where to look for her body.

The investigation is being led by FBI profiler John Douglas, who knows the killer won't stop there. Shortly thereafter, a nine-year-old girl was kidnapped, confirming his fears. The criminal becomes more dangerous, and you can lure him out only by studying his personality well during calls and playing on his weaknesses. And the only way to do that was to put at risk the Smiths' second daughter, Dawn, who kept getting calls from the killer. Maniac warns: she is the next victim. “God wants you to join Shari. It's just a matter of time. You won’t be guarded all the time…”

Action-packed and captivating, When the Killer Calls demonstrates how studying criminal psychology helps solve a case and come face to face with a sadistic and ruthless killer.

"John Douglas is a brilliant specialist... He knows more about serial killers than anyone else in the world." – Jonathan Demm, director of The Silence of the Lambs

“John Douglas and Mark Olshaker tell the compelling story of how the FBI, working with local law enforcement, uncovered the case of a particularly nasty killer. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the FBI's behavioral division." – Publishers Weekly

"Douglas is succinct, but his empathy for the victims and their families makes for a true-crime story that will stick with the reader." – Seattle Book Review

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