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Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases (2022)

door Paul Holes

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Biography & Autobiography. Science. True Crime. Nonfiction. HTML: This program is read by the author. 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 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. A Macmillan Audio production from Celadon Bo… (meer)

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Evil Has a Name: The Untold Story of the Golden State Killer Investigation door Paul Holes (PuddinTame)
PuddinTame: Unmasked contained a great deal of information about solving the Golden State Killer case, among others. Evil Has a Name is an audio-recording focused on that case.
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I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer door Michelle McNamara (ijustgetbored)
ijustgetbored: McNamara's book is an in-depth discussion of the Golden State Killer case, which Holes was involved in and discusses in his book.

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This was interesting to read. Paul describes the toll that solving these cold cases took on his home life. I think it would have been better if I read a paper copy of this book instead of listening to the audiobook. I think that many of the time jumps and skips were probably formatted in the book (correct me if I'm wrong) but were not easy to tell from the audiobook. Some of the skips left me a bit like 'how did we get here?'

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Content: Paul deals with a lot of horrific crimes, some of which are described more than others. If you are sensitive to violence of any kind, just skip this one. (

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libraryofemma | Apr 18, 2024 |

I received this book from Bookish First and the publisher for a review. This review is my own opinion.
This is the true story of Paul Holes as he takes us through the various cases of his career including Laci and Connor Peterson, Jaycee Dugard, and the evolution of the Golden State Killer.
Paul touches on each of these cases a little bit but the majority of the book is about his chasing the Golden State Killer for over twenty years. He became obsessed with this case when he found a file drawer full of cold case files attributed to a single rapist. Originally known as the East Area Rapist (EAR) and Night Stalker, the moniker of Golden State Killer was given by Michelle McNamara, author of I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer. There is one chapter devoted to her when she and Paul worked together briefly before she tragically passed away in her sleep. After her death, her husband, the actor Patton Oswalt, ensured that her book was completed.
Paul discloses that every time he would get called to a scene and begin investigating a case, he would jump in wholeheartedly. This hurt his family life and ultimately his first marriage. He ended up meeting and marrying another woman who understood his fascination as she was in the same field, but his obsession wore on that marriage as well.
There is a lot of talk about DNA in this book and the evolution of different types of DNA testing on previously unusable samples. He also talks about using DNA samples from relatives to identify the suspect. (

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Cathie_Dyer | Feb 29, 2024 |

While most of the book is about Holes' career, his involvement in catching serial killers, rapists, and his work on the Golden State Killer case, he also includes his personal life here and discusses the toll his work took on his relationships.

If you have an interest in true crime, you know Holes has become an in-demand speaker and podcaster with an amazing memory for facts. Here he goes over his methods of processing a crime scene with an attention to detail and overlooked clues. (

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mstrust | Oct 24, 2023 |

It's hard for me to not give a memoir 5 stars, but I think that having read a few books by John Douglas, the writing style is what brings this down a star.

I have admired Paul Holes since reading I'll Be Gone In The Dark right after the capture of the GSK, and the way he remembered Michelle McNamara in this was very, very sweet, I think she would have liked that.

I feel like the first half of this was a little slow, and then the second half was so fast paced it felt like sprinting to the end of a marathon. This is why I came up with 4 stars. Definitely worth a read though! (

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Danielle.Desrochers | Oct 10, 2023 |

A very interesting inside look at what it’s like to be a cold case investigator and forensic specialist on notable crimes such as the Laci Peterson and Jaycee Dugard cases, and identifying The Golden State Killer. Paul Holes presents an honest and humble snapshot of his life, warts and all. I was amazed at how much he sacrificed of his own life in order to do the job - and how it seems not to have been a choice but something he was driven/born to do. True crime enthusiasts will not be disappointed by the details and the mysteries (and miseries) contained within. (

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The first line in Chapter 1 of “Unmasked: My Life Solving America’s Cold Cases” tells you almost everything you need to know about author Paul Holes: “My ex-wife used to say my job was my mistress, and I chose my mistress over everyone.”

toegevoegd door PuddinTame | bewerkThe Washington Post, Kathryn Casey (Apr 27, 2022)

Grisly, matter-of-fact, and just the thing for aspiring detectives.

toegevoegd door PuddinTame | bewerkKirkus Reviews (Mar 1, 2022)

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Fisher, Robin Gaby	Primary Contributor	Secundaire auteur	sommige edities	bevestigd

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Biography & Autobiography. Science. True Crime. Nonfiction. HTML:

This program is read by the author.
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 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.
A Macmillan Audio production from Celadon Bo

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