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	• Portraits of Guilt Jeanne Boylan, 2000 - 336 pages average customer review:based on 88 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

This is a riveting account of one woman who has been able to gradually set in motion crime-solving procedures which will eventually make the system more efficient and effective.

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A true detective story

If you want to consider yourself well informed about what goes on behind the headlines, you must read this book. The author was involved in the biggest crime stories of the decade, from the tragic Polly Klaas case, through the Unibomber and the Oklahoma City bombing. She brings an insiders knowledge of how law enforcement works (or doesn't work) to her book, but thats just the tip of the iceberg. Portraits of Guilt succeeds on many levels. Its a true story of a woman with a unique talent who is often forced to fight an entrenched system, and who pays a personal price for her convictions. Many people suffer when a violent crime occurs...not only the victim. I found the events surrounding the Polly Klaas investigation particularly heartbreaking and at the same time inspiring. She was there for Oklahoma City and she did the Unibomber picture that made headlines around the world and led to his eventual identification and capture. The way Ms. Boylan got her witnesses to re-live what they saw brings a strong psychological angle to the story, and challenges the "by the book" method most law enforcement agencies use. Through it all, the author never loses her courage and sense of purpose. She pays a high price for her dedication and confronts the ghosts of her own past as well. The stories about the less "high profile" cases are equally involving. An amazing story. Well written and multi-dimensional. I could not put it down.

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Moves the reader with its' strength

The author Jeanne Boylan is considered the top artist of criminal suspects. Ms. Boylan manages to portray an easy, friendly manner that coaxes the victims into relaxing so that they are able to dig deep, past the trauma, in order to provide the police with an insightful description. She is so good at what she does, Ms. Boylan is almost always the first police sketch artist to be called for, especially on the high profile, media circus cases like the Unabomber, the Oklahoma City tragedy, and the Susan Smith drowning of her children. This biography provides insight into what motivates Ms. Boylan to the point of a frenzied obsession.

This book is an excellent autobiography that allows readers to understand Ms. Boylan's need to always say "yes" to the FBI even at the price of her marriage. Her story is simply fascinating and this account provides high drama yet insight into a family friendly approach to police questioning. Ms. Boylan is a hero and her book deserves best-selling status, as it is a well-written autobiography that may be the genre's best of the year.

Harriet Klausner

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