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In Killer Minds Volume 2 best-selling crime author Amanda Howard investigates 64 more cases of serial murder from around the world. Using primary resources and the actual words of the serial killers, Amanda reconstructs both infamous and lesser-known crimes and provides an insight into the minds of various types of serial killers.Amanda Howard is a criminologist with a Master's degree in Criminology, a true crime author, fiction writer, TV personality and has been dubbed the "Serial Killer Whisperer" in the media. She has written seventeen books on a wide range of true crime cases as well as eight crime fiction novels and two further non-fiction books.She has interviewed some of the world's most heinous serial killers over almost three decades and has collected a vast pool of information on various types of killers, their motives and rituals. She also co-hosts the true crime podcast Monsters Who Murder where she dissects the body language and verbal cues of killers.She also owns the Memento Mori Death museum that has travelled across Australia and has a Master's degree in Arts (Writing).

Bad dreams and monsters are for children, right? Kate Reilly had never suffered bad dreams until recently, when violent nightmares began waking her from her slumber in a pool of sweat? Kate Reilly is a homicide detective with Somerset Police. The media call her the "Voodoo Guru" after a particularly brutal black magic ritual murder that she successfully investigated. She has worked on a number of homicide cases both in Somerset and abroad and her area of expertise is ritual murder. Her in-depth knowledge and experience of religious and ceremonial rituals has led her on a career path of solving ritual crimes.

Go behind the killer profiles on the podcast MONSTERS WHO MURDER and read the case files, the heinous crimes committed by serial killers, mass murderers and child killers. In a special edition for MONSTERS WHO MURDER listeners, best-selling crime author Amanda Howard, known as the 'Serial Killer Whisperer" brings together a collection of the cases from the podcast's episodes.

There are some incredible stories herein, badly conducted hangings, botched executions like that of Eva Dugan and the hanging of innocent men and women, miraculous survivals and horrific deaths. Writer Amanda Howard has uncovered many relatively unknown stories, delving into case studies of individuals and even entire communities. The Story of the Hanged takes the reader on a journey throughout the extensive history of hangings not only judicial executions but the use of it has a cause of death in murders and suicide Amanda Howard details the evolution of what was once a common method of capital punishment from the development of the drop to the invention of the gallows at Tyburn.

THE CICADAS ROAR For all of the years of his young life, Jackson had been told never to go near the river. It was just a fact of life. If he called out to his mother saying he was going out into the yard to play, she would always call out behind him, 'Don't you go near that river.' He would feel dejected and upset. He always hoped that one day she would forget to tell him. Then that day came. OTHER TALES OF TERROR AND TORMENT Hide under the covers and keep the light on as you go on a journey into the darkness and evil of the human mind.

In Bound by Blood true crime author Amanda Howard explores the darkest depths of the human psyche to tell the stories of the world's most depraved killers - and their families. In these incredible accounts of violence, psychosis and love gone wrong, author Amanda Howard raises the frightening question of whether a monster is born or made. In these gripping investigations, the twisted minds of notorious murderers are revealed, including Ted Bundy, a serial murderer of women, whose home life was a source of pain; the Menendez brothers, who killed their parents in order to claim an inheritance; and Melinda Loveless, an abused teenager, who callously murdered a 12-year-old girl. These killers' pasts were often full of trauma, which contributed to their love of violence. While some killed their own parents, partners or children, others worked together with their relatives to commit terrible crimes. In many cases, family members were left bewildered and devastated that their loved ones could be capable of such atrocities. Bound by Blood gives a disturbing, fascinating insight into the minds of murderers, and the families in which they were raised.

Bad dreams and monsters are for children, right? Kate Reilly had never suffered bad dreams until recently, when violent nightmares began waking her from her slumber in a pool of sweat? Kate Reilly is a homicide detective with Somerset Police. The media call her the "Voodoo Guru" after a particularly brutal black magic ritual murder that she successfully investigated. She has worked on a number of homicide cases both in Somerset and abroad and her area of expertise is ritual murder. Her in-depth knowledge and experience of religious and ceremonial rituals has led her on a career path of solving ritual crimes.

In CHILD KILLERS best-selling crime author Amanda Howard assesses the psychological and social forces that make these homicidal child abductors commit their crimes and shows how they are tracked down. Amanda reconstructs both infamous and lesser known crimes and provides an insight into the minds of the killers and their motives.

Amanda Howard examines the worst crimes of Australia, the brutal kidnappings, rapes and murders that destroyed the innocence of a nation. Cases include Australia's worst serial killers, baby killer Kathleen Folbigg, the kidnappings of children Graeme Thorne and Sofia Rodriguez-Urrutia Shu as well as the brutal family murders carried out by Matthew De Gruchy and Sef Gonzales. Killer Australia looks at the motives and the complexity of the crimes and how the killers were brought to justice.

Detective Kate Reilly continues to have the bad dreams that are somehow linked to the murder of her parents that occurred almost eighteen years ago. The dreams haunt the very little sleep she has as she tries to juggle the heavy workload alone. Fourteen years ago Oliver Watkins was the Elements Serial Killer. A murderer who has stalked and brutally murdered four woman in neighbouring Hammond. Now he has a fan in Somerset who is hoping to move from serial rapist to serial killer and be as famous as Watkins. Watkins is keen to be a mentor to his eager protégé and teach him the way to kill.

"There was so much blood," that was all the woman could say after fleeing the building known to everyone in Somerset as Dracula's Tower. Detectives Kate Reilly and Andrew Stephens, along with IT expert Sammy Stewart, arrived on the scene to investigate, only to find an important piece of the scene was missing.

Detective Kate Reilly has spent her life running away, running from those she loves and running from things that scare her. The murder of a man has made her question her choices and once again she is on the run. Running to London she once again investigates the one case that remains open- the brutal torture and murder of an unknown little boy. Reilly fights her own demons as well as those suspected of being responsible for the little boy's murder. However, back in Somerset, her home town, another killer is lurking, demanding that Reilly return.

In Killer Minds best-selling crime author Amanda Howard investigates 60 cases of serial murder from around the world. Using primary resources and the actual words of the serial killers, Amanda reconstructs both infamous and lesser known crimes and provides an insight into the minds of serial killers. The book is broken into the following chapters: - Child Killers - Strangers We Know - Thrill Killers - Killer Kids - Poisoners - Group Killers - Black Widows and Parents who Kill.

Best-selling crime author Amanda Howard turns her attentions to the macabre stories about life, death, and everything in between. Stories include the weird, the wacky and the downright bizarre in a book of horror, history and the hysterical. From the daredevil that died after slipping on an orange peel to a crocodile that survived a plane crash.

Detective Kate Reilly continues to have the bad dreams that are somehow linked to the murder of her parents that occurred almost eighteen years ago. The dreams haunt the very little sleep she has as she tries to juggle the heavy workload alone, while her partner, Andrew Stephens recuperates in Hospital but it is not long before they are back on the beat together chasing another serial killer. Oliver Watkins was the Elements serial killer, a murderer who had stalked and brutally murdered the women of another city fourteen years earlier. Now he has a fan who is hoping that he could move from serial rapist to serial killer and be as famous as Watkins. Watkins is keen to be a mentor to his eager protégé and teach him the way to kill, Watkins relishes in the idea of being the puppetmaster in the shadows.

Increasingly students and practitioners in human services are asked or seek to include community engagement, participation and capacity building in their work with groups. In this book expert authors Amanda Howard and Margot Rawsthorne provide guidance on the theory and practice of working with communities, from preliminary planning and scoping before direct work with the community begins, through to evaluation. They explore key issues including developing an understanding of community life, facilitating and supporting community action, understanding and acting on structural inequity, managing negotiation and conflict, and building productive networks. They draw extensively on their own work with communities and research to create a dialogue with the reader on the interaction of task and process in everyday community practice.Written in a friendly and accessible style and featuring the voices of community workers throughout, this is a vital guide for anyone seeking to encourage positive change in an important field of practice.''This is a splendid addition to the community work literature, offering wise and judicious guidance for those engaged knee-deep in community practice … it acknowledges that the increasing emphasis on individualised service options has too often led to the neglect of understanding the benefits of collective action within diverse and dynamic communities.'' - Dr Winsome Roberts, Honorary Senior Fellow, Department of Social Work, University of Melbourne