J. Cook; Main: Seasons 1–5 and 7–present; Recurring: Season 6), FBI Supervisory Special Agent and former BAU communications liaison. From the signals which give away when we’re lying to the psychological profiling of violent offenders, this exhaustive guide, written by the UK’s top experts, is the perfect introduction.

Her dream was to study psychopaths up close and personal—and her psychology background, combined with her experience in the FBI, brought her face to face with monsters. The case is especially critical because this unsub has eluded both the domestic and international BAU teams by killing a family in Aruba, then in Florida one year later.

The local police deem it self-defense, but Jason and Aaron question her ability as a profiler after this. Eventually, this comes back to her when a serial killer starts targetting her friends and she cannot remember the face of the person who is behind these murders. Now author Jeff Mariotte takes us deeper into the BAU process by revealing the evil behind some of the most heinous murderers, sexual predators, and psychopaths in history.

After watching the TV series four times I needed to satisfy my need to read about serial killers in another way. Now, she finds herself participating in a classified program that uses special teenagers to help them solve cold cases. Single mom Phoebe Wong, exhausted by her dead-end job and the British winter, travels to Florida to meet her long-distance boyfriend. In early episodes, Strauss appeared only concerned with herself and appearances within the Bureau, going so far as to force SSA Jennifer Jareau to accept a promotion to the Pentagon in the episode "JJ" (season 6). But that doesn't mean the manner in which we came to this resolution wasn't appropriately earned, or deserved.Today, neuroscientists are imaging, mapping, testing, and dissecting the source of the worst behavior imaginable in the brains of the people who lack a conscience: psychopaths. She dates and marries William LaMontagne ( Josh Stewart), a New Orleans Police Department detective. In his 26 years in the field, Richard Taylor has worked on well over a hundred murder cases, with victims and perpetrators from all walks of life.