The Jigsaw Man - Paul Britton

The Jigsaw Man is the first of two books written by one of Britain's leading Forensic Psychologists about his career in 'crime' (not committing it, you understand, but helping the police to solve it.) The second book, Picking Up The Pieces, is described not as a sequel, but as a companion volume...that book delves deep into the minds of some of Britton's patients in secure units and special hospitals. The focus of The Jigsaw Man, is more on crime itself, and the information which an experienced psychologist can glean from a crime scene with the hope of eventually identifying the perpetrator. It has long been argued whether Offender Profiling is ...  Read the complete review

I have to admit to enjoying crime books.I find it fascinating to read how murders are solved, criminals found and alibis are cracked so I settled down with a hot cuppa and began The Jigsaw Man written by Paul Britton, one of the top and indeed perhaps one of the first Clinical Psychologists at least in the United Kingdom. The book covers the writer's journey from a working class family into the police world, originally as a police cadet and ultimately as a clinical and forensic psychologist. We read of his struggle to undertake exams whilst working at the same time and bringing up a family until the fateful day when he is requested to aid the police in ...  Read the complete review

THE JIGSAW MAN by PAUL BRITTON I am fascinated by true crime and bought The Jigsaw Man by Paul Britton a while ago, after a friend recommended it. For some reason, it sat on my ‘to be read’ pile until about a week ago when I picked it up and began reading. Since then, I have read it in any spare minute, even in the ad breaks of Big Brother! Paul Britton is a criminal psychologist and the book is about his work with a few flashes of his private life intertwined. The Jigsaw Man was published in 1997 but seems to have stayed very relevant. His experiences illustrate a side to crime which rarely gets much attention. He explains the way he has used his ...  Read the complete review

I bought this book last week in a car boot sale for 20p. I like reading about true stories. Everything from the past to the present day. The book I am going to tell you about now is called The Jigsaw Man It was written Paul Britton and is an excellent book to read if you like reading true life crime stories. The book starts of telling you about his early years and how he went on to be a top criminal psychologist. The way that he describes how people have died is very explicit and in some cases I think a bit to explicit.. I say that when I think of the families that have suffered the loss of a loved one. There are certain cases in ...  Read the complete review

I have always had an interest in “what makes people tick”. Friends that know me would not be surprised to hear that one of the reasons I became a mature student at the ripe old age of 53, was my ‘socially-inquisitive’ mind. (that and a tendency to be opinionated by nature) As a result of the “what makes people tick” part of my psyche, I also have an on-going fascination about serious crime and about murder in particular. I used to do a lot more reading than I do now, but some of my ‘most engrossing’ titles have come under the heading of “True Crime”. You will ...  Read the complete review