"Torchered" Minds: Case Histories of Notorious Serial Arsonists

by Ed Nordskog

This is for my colleagues the detectives, special agents, and arson investigators worldwide who work every day to identify, track down, arrest, and convict those most cowardly, sick, and devious of all criminals. It is an extraordinarily difficult task that on a daily basis is fraught with pitfalls and rife with myths and misconceptions. It is doggedly carried out by men and women who are routinely assailed by critics, stymied by bureaucrats, second-guessed by chair-warming administrators, avoided by many prosecutors, and eviscerated by defense attorneys, learned psychologists, and other hired guns. If it was easy, anybody could do it. It's not, and they can't. -Ed Nordskog, Detective, 2011

Genres: Crime, True Crime, Nonfiction

308 pages, Paperback

First published October 25, 2011

Reviews

[Jennifer Goble · Rating 5 out of 5]

I give 5* since I’m sure there’s a lot of info in here that’s good for fire investigators. My husband is a fireman/investigator and he was gifted this book by a friend, so I was intrigued to read it. Very enlightening and now anytime he gets a fire I think arson. Ha!
Crazy world we live in, for sure.

[Jeff Carpenter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent read!