Mindhunter: Book vs. Series
Joe Penhall's 2017 series Mindhunter draws on the book by John E. Douglas and Mark Olshaker. Jonathan Groff and Holt McCallany play FBI agents interviewing imprisoned murderers, with Anna Torv as the psychologist helping develop their research.
About the book and the TV show
- Author
- John Edward Douglas, Mark Olshaker
- Year
- 1995
- Pages
- 448Buy book
- Audiobook length
- 15 hr 24 minGet audiobook
- Narrator
- Richard M. Davidson
Former FBI agent John E. Douglas recounts how interviews with imprisoned offenders and work on active investigations shape his approach to criminal profiling. Written with Mark Olshaker, the book connects particular cases with Douglas's attempts to infer behavior, motive, and likely next steps from crime-scene evidence. It also examines the demands this work places on his health and family.
- Creator
- Joe Penhall
- Year
- 2017–2019
- Episode
- 54 min
- Seasons
- 2
- Episodes
- 19
- Network
- Netflix
- Cast
- Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallany, Anna Torv, Cotter Smith
- Genre
- crime, drama, LGBT-related, thriller
- IMDb
- View on IMDb
FBI agents Holden Ford and Bill Tench begin interviewing imprisoned murderers, hoping their accounts can explain crimes that conventional police methods struggle to solve. Psychologist Wendy Carr helps turn the conversations into a systematic study. As the team applies its findings to active cases, resistance inside the bureau and the demands of the work begin to intrude on their private lives.
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