Portraits of Guilt: The Woman Who Profiles the Faces of America's Deadliest Criminals - Hardcover

Boylan, Jeanne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0671034855 ISBN 13: 9780671034856

Publisher: Pocket Books, 2000

Synopsis

An investigator and special correspondent to America's Most Wanted describes her dramatic experiences as a crime-solver, detailing her revolutionary approach to transforming victims' and eyewitnesses' fragmentary memories into accurate suspect portraits and recounts the violent--and unsolved--crime that transformed her own life.

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"Buffalo News" (NY) Fascinating....Powerful human stuff.

"The Associated Press" A gripping, firsthand look at the untold stories behind the stories....[Boylan] depicts a world where being a woman is a fight in itself.

"Kirkus Reviews" A dramatic true-crime memoir.

Linda Fairstein national bestselling author of "Cold Hit" With the eye of an artist and the mind of a sleuth, Jeanne Boylan puts her unique creative genius to work, helping police and prosecutors all over the country solve the deadliest crimes. "Portraits of Guilt, " like Boylan's life, astounds and inspires.

Camryn Manheim Emmy(R) Award-winning actor on "The Practice" In my unlikely-heroes hall of fame, Jeanne Boylan gets a star position. Always last to be called and usually the one asked to undo the damages, she's been the miracle worker in nearly every major national crime in recent American history. "Portraits of Guilt" is sure to stir up trouble, but that's never stopped her yet. She defies traditions and gets results, and she's my kind of role model.

"Midwest Book Review" Excellent....Her story is simply fascinating and this account provides high drama [and] insight....Ms. Boylan is a hero.

John Walsh host of "America's Most Wanted" A deeply personal, riveting, and revealing behind-the-scenes look into...the hunt for justice.

John Walsh host of "America's Most Wanted" and "New York Times" bestselling author of "Tears of Rage" and "No Mercy" No one -- absolutely no one -- can mine a victim's or an eyewitness's memory with the empathy, compassion, understanding, and eerily accurate success of Jeanne Boylan.

Ann Rule "New Tork Times" bestselling author of "Empty Promises" Jeanne Boylan's connection to people in distress is almost psychic. She is a lone woman in a mostly male world, an artist with terrifying subjects, an instincitve psychologist who elicits chilling accurate memories from victims and witnesses who have looked death in the face. "Portraits of Guilt" is remarkable and a must for true-crime readers.

"The Free Lance-Star" (Fredricksburg, VA) Criminal-profiler Jeanne Boylan has sketched another perfect portrait. However, this one isn't her usual drawing of some fugitive from justice -- it's her revealing book about her life and work.

About the Author

Jeanne Boylan, a "criminal-image profiler," has assisted on thousands of cases for the FBI, television news divisions, and investigative agencies from Beijing to Moscow. Her pioneering method of interviewing eyewitnesses is based on years of research and real case studies of the psychological effects of trauma on perception and memory. FBI Director Louis Freeh conferred upon her a Special Letter of Commendation for Outstanding Work, and she was a recipient of the Business and Professional Women's "Magnificent Seven" Award. An internationally renowned public speaker and forensic instructor, she is a contributing correspondent on Fox Television's America's Most Wanted.
E-mail Jeanne at portratsofguilt@aol.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0671034855
• ISBN 13: 9780671034856
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 328