The Terrifying True Story of the Search for America's Most Infamous Serial Killer: Zodiac

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WHO IS THE ZODIAC?

Great book. It will always be a classic work. Yes, the subject matter is compelling - but Graysmith is interesting himself. Really has a way of putting this together to make one complete, thrilling piece.

United States on Oct 26, 2023

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Japan on Oct 06, 2023

Faith CorradiFaith Corradi: Dopo aver visto e rivisto il film di Fincher ammetto di essermi un po' fissata sul killer dello zodiaco; bob greysmith ha praticamente passato la vita a cercare e aiutare la polizia nelle ricerche e questo libro ne e' il risultato. Scrittura essenziale , giornalistica, espone fatti lasciando al lettore la possibilità di farsi la propria idea , anche se lui vira decisamente su Lee Allen. Ho adorato e divorato in una settimana il libro, anche se in inglese. Una delle migliori inchieste true crime abbia mai letto.

Italy on Aug 21, 2023

Sam: Great book! Just smaller then expected

Canada on Jul 28, 2023

Happy Customer: This was a very interesting book! It brought many thought-provoking questions to mind when reading it. However, I found the writing style to be jarring and fragmented. The author frequently jumped around locations and times, went back and forth in time etc. The book also suffers from poor placement of photos and diagrams. Rather than appear in the text where they are referenced, they are clumped together in two "photo sections" which made the entire presentation less impactful then if they had been included at the relevant points in the text. The entire book, in my opinion, suffers from this lack of poor presentation and poor organisation. I feel like with proper editorial guidance and restructuring this could have been a really excellent book. However as it stands currently, it is only "good" and "interesting" but certainly not "great". I think this is one case where the excellent film is much better than the book. But I did enjoy reading it. So definitely buy it, it's worth a read.

United Kingdom on Jul 09, 2023

ChelseaH1974: This I think along with the sequel the best books you can read on the Zodiac killer. Robert Graysmith I believe figured out who Zodiac was and knows more about this case than anyone else. You spent a big part of his life obsessed and hunting for the truth. These books are incredible!

United States on Jul 08, 2023

josie: i got this book after watching the movie with jake gyllenhall and robert downey jr. it was very good and after doing some research i released there was a book to go along with it, so obviously i brought it. i haven’t fully read it yet since it is very long and the words are quite small but it’s still a great book. i enjoy looking at the letters that the real zodiac sent since i find it rather fascinating and there is a picture of what the zodiac’s disguise was supposed to look like. if you’re into true crime i would recommend getting this book but i wouldn’t recommend taking it to school, especially if you’re under 16 since i got questioned by a teacher while i was reading it.

United Kingdom on Sep 11, 2022

Jssny: I’m still pretty earlier into the chapters but there’s a ton of information in this book that paints a picture of the possible perpetrator that I had no clue about. Granted I’ve not read a ton of books about this case but I’ve seen quite a few documentaries and didn’t see in any of them such solid leads that paint a picture of someone who is not perhaps as smart as originally thought, who may have gotten inspiration from a movie, who was almost certainly in the military (I knew this one was a possibility but didn’t realize it’s all but confirmed by his boot prints)...as a therapist I’m very interested in understand human behavior and this book is giving me a much clearer picture of who this fiend was and what made him tick. I hope with the new advances in genetic genealogy being used in law enforcement they will finally be able to give him a name whether or not he’s still alive...

United States on Oct 29, 2018

Trainmaster: "Zodiac" by Robert Graysmith has been on the best seller list for many years. Because of the release of the David Fincher 2008 movie,
it has been reprinted in paperback, together with its sequel "Zodiac Unmasked." Both works by Mr. Graysmith are well researched and written and highly recommended.

What is so special about this edition of Robert Graysmith's "Zodiac" is that it is the original and only hardcover pressing. All the other editions, including the current one with the colorful Golden Gate Bridge picture, are paperback and not ideal for the serious Zodiac researcher.

In addition, the original "Zodiac" hardcover edition has pictures which do not appear in any of the paperbacks.

One word of frustrating news about the hardback edition, which this review is based on: it is very hard-to-find. Expect to pay at least $30.00 or more for a copy. It is well worth the money. Anyone who wants to study Mr. Graysmith's "Zodiac" and "Zodiac Unmasked" should have a hardback of both titles. The latter, published in 2002, is easier to find then the former. However for a serious Zodiac researcher, having hardback copies of both editions is a must.

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United States on Oct 20, 2010

Sahra Badou: I really couldn't put down this book. It reads like a first rate fiction book. It is horrifying to think that all the events in this book actually took place, and more terrifying still that the serial killer is still at large after over 30 years of evading the police.

The killings are gruesome, with some victims repeatedly stabbed to death, while others shot at close range with a hand gun. None of the victims are sexually molested, and they are not robbed of their personal belongings. The killer derives pleasure from killing his victims. As he later tells police in letters sent to newspapers, he kills in order to collect his victims as slaves for the next life!

There was one instant where the killer might have been caught. After the Zodiac (as the killer calls himself) shoots a taxi driver, a police car is called to the scene after the gun shot is heard. However, witnesses mistakenly reported a black man at the scene. The Zodiac is a chubby white man. When the police arrive near the scene, they see the Zodiac walking, and stop by him to ask him if he had seen a black man in the area. He says yes and points to the direction he allegedly saw a black man with a gun...

United States on Jul 24, 2007