Peter Sutcliffe (the Yorkshire Ripper), Dennis Nilsen (the Muswell Hill murders), John Christie (the Rillington Place killer), John Haigh (the acid bath murders), the Kray Twins, Donald Neilson (the Black Panther), Jeremy Bamber (the Essex farm murders) – this book analyses 25 high-profile murder cases that shocked the entire country.

What turns an ordinary person into a killer? How can a murderer remain undetected for so long? How did the police eventually catch the killer? What lay in the mind of the murderer when he committed the crime? Murder is the ultimate crime. Whilst repulsive and sickening, it also fascinates the general public. This book gets inside the mind of the killer, the extraordinary motivations behind their terrible crimes, and their eventual downfall.