# Disordered Minds

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Disordered_Minds
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Disordered_Minds.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disordered_Minds
> Source revision: 1344656629
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

2003 crime novel by Minette Walters

This article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. Please help improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (June 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

DisorderedMinds First edition Author Minette Walters Language English Genre Crime / Mystery novel Publisher Macmillan Publishers Publication date 7 November 2003 Publication place United Kingdom Media type Print (Hardcover, Paperback) & Audio CD Pages 423 pp (hardback) ISBN 1-4050-3416-5 OCLC 55695882 Dewey Decimal 823/.914 22 LC Class PR6073.A444 D57 2003 Preceded by Fox Evil Followed by The Devil's Feather

***Disordered Minds*** is a 2003 [crime novel](/source/Crime_novel) by English writer [Minette Walters](/source/Minette_Walters).

## Synopsis

In 1970, Harold Stamp, a [intellectually disabled](/source/Intellectual_disability) 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](/source/Anthropologist) specialising in [social stereotypes](/source/Social_stereotype), 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](/source/Psychotic) killer.

## External links

- [More about *Disordered Minds* on Walters' website](https://web.archive.org/web/20070208212402/http://www.minettewalters.co.uk/books/disordered_minds.htm)

- [Agent's dedicated page](http://www.gregoryandcompany.co.uk/pages/authors/titles.asp?AuthorID=39&TitleID=268)

v t e Novels by Minette Walters The Ice House (1992) The Sculptress (1993) The Scold's Bridle (1994) The Dark Room (1995) The Echo (1997) The Breaker (1998) The Tinder Box (1999) The Shape of Snakes (2000) Acid Row (2001) Fox Evil (2002) Disordered Minds (2003) The Devil's Feather (2005) Chickenfeed (2006) The Chameleon's Shadow (2007) A Dreadful Murder (2013) The Cellar (2015) The Last Hours (2017) The Turn of Midnight (2018) The Swift & the Harrier (2022)

Authority control databases Open Library

This article about a crime novel of the 2000s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. See guidelines for writing about novels. Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page.

- [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:2000s-crime-novel-stub)
- [t](/source/Template_talk%3A2000s-crime-novel-stub)
- [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:2000s-crime-novel-stub)

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Disordered Minds](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disordered_Minds) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disordered_Minds?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.