Zodiac Unmasked: The Identity of America's Most Elusive Serial Killers Revealed

Author(s): Robert Graysmith

True Crime

The Identity of America s Most Elusive Serial Killer Revealed Between December 1968 and October 1969 a hooded serial killer called Zodiac terrorized San Francisco. Claiming responsibility for thirty-seven murders, he manipulated the media with warnings, dares, and bizarre cryptograms that baffled FBI code-breakers. Then as suddenly as the murders began, Zodiac disappeared into the Bay Area fog. After painstaking investigation, and more than thirty years of research, Robert Graysmith finally exposes Zodiac s true identity. With overwhelming evidence he reveals the twisted private life that led to the crimes, and provides startling theories as to why they stopped. America s greatest unsolved mystery has finally been solved. INCLUDES PHOTOS ANDA COMPLETE REPRODUCTION OF ZODIAC S LETTERS"

General Information

  • : 9780425212738
  • : Penguin Publishing Group
  • : Penguin USA
  • : 0.277
  • : 01 January 2007
  • : United States
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : Robert Graysmith
  • : Paperback / softback
  • : 701
  • : 364.1523
  • : 528
  • : illustrations

More About The Product

A SCARY AND DISTURBING ACCOUNT OF PURE EVIL. Booklist FASCINATING...LIKE READING A BRAND NEW MYSTERY. Inspector Dave Toschi [GRAYSMITH S] ACCESS IS AS GOOD AS IT GETS.A meticulous reconstruction of the way the case evolved. By far the best book on the subject of the Zodiac murders. New York Press"

Robert Graysmith is the New York Times bestselling author of seven true crime books including Zodiac, Zodiac Unmasked, The Sleeping Lady, Auto Focus, and Amerithrax. He was a San Francisco Chronicle Journalist and cartoonist for twenty years, during the time of the Zodiac killings. In addition to being a bestselling author, he has been a Foreign Press Club Award winner, a Pulitzer Prize nominee, a prize winning syndicated political cartoonist, and a gold medal illustrator. He lives in the San Francisco Bay area.