''Disordered Minds'' (
2003
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) is a
crime novel
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by English writer
Minette Walters.
Synopsis
In 1970, Harold Stamp, a
intellectually disabled young man, was arrested for the murder of his grandmother - the only person who ever understood him - based on scant evidence and a retracted confession; three years later, having been found guilty by a jury, he kills himself in prison. However, Jonathan Hughes, an
anthropologist
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specialising in
social stereotype
In social psychology, a stereotype is a generalized belief about a particular category of people. It is an expectation that people might have about every person of a particular group. The type of expectation can vary; it can be, for example ...
s, decides to re-examine the case and, in doing so, uncovers a plethora of dark secrets that could lead him into a confrontation with a
psychotic killer.
External links
More about ''Disordered Minds'' on Walters' websiteAgent's dedicated page
2003 British novels
Novels by Minette Walters
Fiction set in 1970
Macmillan Publishers books
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