Criminal Shadows: Inside the Mind of the Serial Killer

Criminal Shadows: Inside the Mind of the Serial Killer is a 1994 book written by English professor of psychology, David V. Canter. It was the winner of two literary awards: the Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction and the Anthony Award for Best True Crime.

Editions

The original hardcover edition was published by Hutchinson in 1992 under the title Criminal Shadows: Detecting Rapists and Killers. Under the present title, it was published by HarperCollins as a hardcover in 1994 and as a paperback in 1995. Endeavor Press published the Kindle Edition E-book in 2015.

Awards

1994

CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction

1995

Anthony Award for Best True Crime