Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases [SIGNED COPY, FIRST PRINTING]
Holes, Paul
ISBN 10: 1250622794 ISBN 13: 9781250622792
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New in new dust jacket. SIGNED by the author on the second free endpaper (signature only). 1st edition, 1st printing, complete numberline. New, unread copy with dust jacket in protective mylar sleeve. From Wikipedia: ?Paul Holes is an American former cold-case investigator for the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office. Holes is known for his contributions to solving the Golden State Killer case using advanced methods of identifying the killer with DNA and genealogy technology. Since retiring in March 2018, Holes has contributed to books, television, and podcasts about the Golden State Killer and true crime.? Rare signed. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box. Seller Inventory # 005151
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Title: Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold ...
Publisher: Celadon Books
Publication Date: 2022
Binding: Hardcover
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Edition: 1st Edition
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Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases
Published by
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ISBN 10: 1250622794
ISBN 13: 9781250622792
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Hardcover
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. ***Signed by Author*** New 1st edition 1st printing hardcover in a new dust jacket. 8vo.(6.5 x 1.2 x 9.55 inches) Author's signature on a special tipped in endpaper by the publisher. Clean text free of marks or underlining. 288 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. 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. Seller Inventory # 202994
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Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases SIGNED
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ISBN 10: 1250622794
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Signed by author on tipped-in page without inscription. First Edition with full number line. In protective acid-free archival quality acetate cover.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. "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.". Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 3-2-2230
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