Book description
On February 9th 1983 Dennis Nilsen was arrested at his Muswell Hill
home, after human remains had been identified as the cause of blocked
drains. Within days he had confessed to fifteen gruesome murders over a
period of four years. His victims, all young homosexual men, had never
been reported missing. Brian Masters, with Nilsen's full cooperation,
has produced a unique study of a serial killer's mind, revealing the
disturbing psychology of a mass murderer.
Brian Masters
has written over twenty books on subjects as diverse as French
literature, the dukedoms in Great Britain, E. F. Benson and Marie
Corelli. He is best known for his true crime books, including
biographies of Jeffrey Dahmer and Rosemary and Fred West. His
groundbreaking study of mass murderer Dennis Nilsen in Killing for Company
, won the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction in
1985. He is also highly regarded for his journalism.
