Unmasked : my life solving America's cold cases / Paul Holes with Robin Gaby Fisher.
"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 alway sask 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 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 Ican keep"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250622792
- ISBN: 1250622794
- Physical Description: viii, 272 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
- Edition: First U.S. edition.
- Publisher: New York : Celadon Books, 2022.
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
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Subject: | Holes, Paul. Cold cases (Criminal investigation) > United States. Criminal investigation > United States. |
Genre: | Autobiographies. |
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Unmasked : My Life Solving America's Cold Cases
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Table of Contents
Unmasked : My Life Solving America's Cold Cases
Section | Section Description | Page Number |
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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 |