Unmasked : my life solving America's cold cases / Paul Holes, with Robin Gaby Fisher.
By: Holes, Paul [author.].
Contributor(s): Fisher, Robin Gaby [author.].
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Celadon Books, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Edition: First U.S. edition.Description: viii, 272 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781250622792; 1250622794; 9781250859648; 1250859646; 9781250865960; 1250865964.Subject(s): Holes, Paul | Cold cases (Criminal investigation) -- United States | Criminal investigation -- United States | Crimes non résolus -- États-Unis | Enquêtes criminelles -- États-Unis | Cold cases (Criminal investigation) | Criminal investigation | United StatesGenre/Form: Autobiographies. | Autobiography. | Biographies. | Autobiographies. | Biographies. | Biographies. | Autobiographies. | Biographies.Item type | Current library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
**THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**
"It's a mark of the highest honor when I say it's even more riveting than an episode of 'Dateline'."
--The New York Times
From Paul Holes, the detective who found the Golden State Killer, Unmasked is a memoir that "grabs its reader in a stranglehold and proves more fascinating than fiction and darker than any noir narrative." ( LA Magazine )
I order another bourbon, neat. This is the drink that will flip the switch. I don't even know how I got here, to this place, to this point . Something is happening to me lately. I'm drinking too much. My sheets are soaking wet when I wake up from nightmares of decaying corpses. I order another drink and swig it, trying to forget about the latest case I can't shake.
Crime solving for me is more complex than the challenge of the hunt, or the process of piecing together a scientific puzzle. The thought of good people suffering drives me, for better or worse, to the point of obsession. People always ask how I am able to detach from the horrors of my work. Part of it is an innate capacity to compartmentalize; the rest is experience and exposure, and I've had plenty of both. But I have always taken pride in the fact that I can keep my feelings locked up to get the job done. It's only been recently that it feels like all that suppressed darkness is beginning to seep out.
When I look back at my long career, there is a lot I am proud of. I have caught some of the most notorious killers of the twenty-first century and brought justice and closure for their victims and families. I want to tell you about a lifetime solving these cold cases, from Laci Peterson to Jaycee Dugard to the Pittsburg homicides to, yes, my twenty-year-long hunt for the Golden State Killer.
But a deeper question eats at me as I ask myself, at what cost? I have sacrificed relationships, joy--even fatherhood--because the pursuit of evil always came first. Did I make the right choice? It's something I grapple with every day. Yet as I stand in the spot where a young girl took her last breath, as I look into the eyes of her family, I know that, for me, there has never been a choice. "I don't know if I can solve your case," I whisper. "But I promise I will do my best."
It is a promise I know I can keep.
Prologue -- The end of the road -- Last act -- Beginnings -- Lab rat -- Moving up -- EAR -- CSI -- Abernathy -- Connecting the dots -- The end of a marriage -- Antioch -- Conaty and Giacomelli -- Bodfish -- Serial killers -- EAR breakthrough -- Postmortem -- Changes -- Small victories -- Hurricane holes -- EAR revisited -- Him -- Roller coaster -- Michelle -- The murders -- Joseph James DeAngelo -- Operation Golden State Killer -- It it him? -- A sense of purpose.
"From the detective who found The Golden State Killer, a memoir of investigating America's toughest cold cases and the rewards--and toll--of a life solving crime. I order another bourbon, neat. This is the drink that will flip the switch. I don't even know how I got here, to this place, to this point. Something is happening to me lately. I'm drinking too much. My sheets are soaking wet when I wake up from nightmares of decaying corpses. I order another drink and swig it, trying to forget about the latest case I can't shake. Crime-solving for me is more complex than the challenge of the hunt, or the process of piecing together a scientific puzzle. The thought of good people suffering drives me, for better or worse, to the point of obsession. People always ask how I am able to detach from the horrors of my work. Part of it is an innate capacity to compartmentalize; the rest is experience and exposure, and I've had plenty of both. But I had always taken pride in the fact that I can keep my feelings locked up to get the job done. It's only been recently that it feels like all that suppressed darkness is beginning to seep out. When I look back at my long career, there is a lot I am proud of. I have caught some of the most notorious killers of the twenty-first century and brought justice and closure for their victims and families. I want to tell you about a lifetime solving these cold cases, from Laci Peterson to Jaycee Dugard to the Pittsburgh homicides to, yes, my twenty-year-long hunt for the Golden State Killer. But a deeper question eats at me as I ask myself, at what cost? I have sacrificed relationships, joy-even fatherhood-because the pursuit of evil always came first. Did I make the right choice? It's something I grapple with every day. Yet as I stand in the spot where a young girl took her last breath, as I look into the eyes of her family, I know that, for me, there has never been a choice. "I don't know if I can solve your case," I whisper. "But I promise I will do my best." It is a promise I know I can keep"--
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Prologue (p. 1)
- 1 The End of the Road (p. 6)
- 2 Last Act (p. 14)
- 3 Beginnings (p. 25)
- 4 Lab Rat (p. 34)
- 5 Moving Up (p. 40)
- 6 Ear (p. 44)
- 7 CSI (p. 51)
- 8 Abernathy (p. 57)
- 9 Connecting the Dots (p. 73)
- 10 The End of a Marriage (p. 87)
- 11 Antioch (p. 96)
- 12 Conaty and Giacomelli (p. 102)
- 13 Bodfish (p. 114)
- 14 Serial Killers (p. 128)
- 15 Ear Breakthrough (p. 148)
- 16 Postmortem (p. 156)
- 17 Changes (p. 165)
- 18 Small Victories (p. 174)
- 19 Hurricane Holes (p. 180)
- 20 Ear Revisited (p. 188)
- 21 Him (p. 197)
- 22 Roller Coaster (p. 206)
- 23 Michelle (p. 218)
- 24 The Murders (p. 236)
- 25 Joseph James DeAngelo (p. 241)
- 26 Operation Golden State Killer (p. 255)
- 27 Is It Him? (p. 260)
- 28 A Sense of Purpose (p. 263)
- Acknowledgments (p. 271)