"As a student of Lacan, Henry Bond shows it is only a step from The Purloined Letter to Murders on the Rue Morgue. Bond leads us to terrain we might prefer not to visit, but those scandalized by his images might recall that ordinary mass culture feeds on them."
—Victor Burgin, writer and artist

"Unlike the majority of researchers who merely import into their own field of inquiry a few psychoanalytic terms here and there when they find it convenient, Bond creatively rethinks forensics and psychoanalysis together. Mindful of the structural Lacanian distinctions between neurosis, psychosis, and perversion, he casts an acute psychoanalytic gaze on crimes committed in England between 1955 and 1970, and uncovers surprisingly impressive orders, disorders, and reorderings. The results of his 'long look into the abyss' should be of interest to clinicians, criminologists, and even crime fiction writers!"
—Bruce Fink, Lacanian psychoanalyst, translator of Lacan's Écrits, and author of A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis

"Henry Bond's pioneering analysis of crime scene photography is sparklingly original and written with wonderful clarity. A delight for connoisseurs and casual readers alike."
—Dylan Evans, School of Medicine, University College Cork, Ireland, author of The Introductory Dictionary of Lacanian Psychoanalysis