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Unmasked : My Life Solving America's Cold Cases
by Paul Holes and Robin Gaby Fisher
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Overview
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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.
For a decade, The Golden State Killer stalked and murdered Californians in the dead of night, leaving entire communities afraid to turn out the lights. The sadistic predator disappeared in 1986, hiding in plain sight for the next thirty years in middle class suburbia. In 1994, when cold case investigator Paul Holes came across the old file, he swore he would unmask the Golden State Killer and finally give these families some closure. Twenty four years later, Holes fulfilled that promise, identifying a 73-year-old former cop named Joseph J. DeAngelo. Headlines blasted from the U.S. to Europe: one of America's most prolific serial killers was in custody. That case launched Holes's career into the stratosphere, turning him into an icon in the true crime world with television shows like The DNA of Murder with Paul Holes and America's Most Wanted, and with the podcast Jensen & Holes: The Murder Squad. Everyone knows Paul Holes, the gifted crime solver with a big heart and charming smile who finally caught the Golden State Killer. But until now, no one has known the man behind it all, the person beneath the flashy cases and brilliant investigations. In this memoir, Holes takes us through his memories of a storied career and provides an insider account of some of the most notorious cases in contemporary American history, including the hunt for the Golden State Killer, Laci Peterson's murder and Jaycee Dugard's kidnapping. This is also a revelatory profile of a complex man and what makes him tick: the drive to find closure for victims and their loved ones, the inability to walk away from a challenge--even at the expense of his own happiness. Holes opens up the most intimate scenes of his life: his moments of self-doubt and the impact that detective work has had on his marriage. This is a story about the gritty truth of crime solving when there are no flashbulbs and "case closed" headlines. It is the story of a man and his commitment to cases and people who might have otherwise been forgotten.Details
- ISBN-13: 9781250622792
- ISBN-10: 1250622794
- Publisher: Celadon Books
- Publish Date: April 2022
- Dimensions: 9.55 x 6.45 x 0.95 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.05 pounds
- Page Count: 288
BookPage® Reviews
Why are some people drawn to darkness? It's understandable why some people seek it out as entertainment; to some, grisly murder is no more real than a sweet romance or an exciting adventure. But what about the people who choose to interact with darkness as part of their livelihoods? What makes someone say, "Serial killers—I want to hunt them down for a living"? The best explanation readers might get is in Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases by Paul Holes, a retired detective from Contra Costa County in California. The region is where Laci Peterson was murdered, where Jaycee Dugard was held in captivity and where the Golden State Killer terrorized communities for decades. Holes spent his entire career in the county, with a particular focus on cold cases, and he devoted 24 years to investigating and ultimately finding the Golden State Killer.
Paul Holes, the cold case investigator who found the Golden State Killer, reveals the personal toll of his onerous career.Holes' memoir, co-written with journalist Robin Gaby Fisher, unpacks one man's bruised brain. Unmasked is more about Holes' mental health journey than other "how I caught the killer" tales in the true crime genre (although, of course, there is some of that, too). Holes' blessing and curse was being gifted at a career that required him to think like a murderer, torturer, kidnapper or rapist. His book looks at what staring into that darkness does to a husband and father. Unmasked is not for squeamish readers; investigations into many, many murders and rapes are described in detail. Additionally, Holes' honesty about how police use macabre jokes and gallows humor to cope with their difficult jobs may disturb some readers. But for readers who would like to see a different side of the true crime genre—the lifelong impact that catching twisted individuals has on one man—Unmasked is a must-read.
