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Hunted: The Zodiac Murders

The Zodiac Serial Killer, Volume 1

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Hunted: The Zodiac Murders

By: Mark Hewitt
Narrated by: Mark Redfield
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The Zodiac serial killer claimed the lives of at least five young victims between 1966 and 1974, and mocked the police with telephone calls, taunting letters, and encrypted messages. Thousands of men have been accused; nearly 2,500 have been investigated. Yet the Zodiac has never been identified. This painstakingly researched and meticulously detailed compendium to the Zodiac serial killer case by true crime author Mark Hewitt presents the crimes and their effect on a community, including the various sides of the many disputed issues within the case.

Hunted: The Zodiac Murders is the true story of America's greatest criminal mystery. This indispensable companion book is accessible to anyone interested in joining the pursuit, exploring a mystery, or witnessing the police response to an appalling crime spree. Book One, Hunted: The Zodiac Murders, tells the amazing true story of a serial killer on the loose. Book Two, Profiled, The Zodiac Examined (2017), examines the evidence and offers a careful, detailed profile of the killer based on the case facts. Book Three, Exposed: The Zodiac Revealed (2018) narrows down the lengthy list of suspects, and offers startling conclusions.

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Firstly, the good points. The narrator for this book is great. He has a wonderful American crime type voice, if you see what I mean. The kind of voice you would expect on crime series voiceovers, so I found him easy to listen to. I didn't think there was anything particular new regarding the murders in this book as such, but the detail is incredible. Right down to giving background/history of the places involved, the number plates of cars and the file references used for evidence that was received and dealt with by the police. It's good if you know nothing about the murders, but also if you are looking for additional detail if you are already familiar with the case. There is also information on some other murders and events which occurred at the time of the Zodiac killings, which I hadn't realised might have influenced the Zodiac in some way. However, this book had one thing that I really disliked, which is quite petty, but it happens rather a lot in the book and really started to irritate me. When anything in the book was in speechmarks, say like a number "1234", the narrator read it as quote 1 unquote, quote 2 unquote, quote 3 unquote, quote 4 unquote. This happens quite a bit in the book towards the end and I was getting to the point where I was seriously considering abandoning it, but I persevered! Also, there are two points where the lines in the book are repeated. You aren't going mad, he does do that.
Overall I would recommend it as an interesting and informative listen and I will probably download the second book in the series.

Immense amount of detail, but one small flaw

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I really struggled with this title. The narrator has a monotone voice and the constant repeating of "quote/unquote" drove me bonkers. The book itself is slow; the thought of listening to a part 2 fills me with dread. The story of The Zodiac is fascinating, this book made it feel like watching hair grow.

I just couldn't get into it

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Just before I submitted this review I checked its details on Audible and I'm glad I did because it made me see the book in different context. I originally wrote:

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Half a book

The writing is OK, the narration fine (apart from the literal endless "Quote...End Quote" statements for every single word encased in quote marks). But I was just left wondering why the book was written. It is a reasonably detailed but very dry summary of the facts of the crimes from the point of view of the authorities based seemingly on the case notes and witness starements, but nothing more. So we know about the crime scenes and the forensics down to the number of every evidence bag or SFPD report submitted, and we're treated to an entirely irrelevant history of the Presidio which reads like a Wikipedia entry, but we don't really get any human insight. We don't meaningfully get into the head of any of the major players - Zodiac or Taschi - there's no insightful analysis, no new hypotheses backed by novel interpretation of evidence, no profiling, no speculation at all about a likely suspect, nor even a summary of some of the more persuasive arguments from over 50 years' worth of research on the subject.
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Then I saw the book's subtitle: 'Book 1'. Sure enough this is a series, and book 2 moves onto profiling of the killer. So...had this been a single volume of the Zodiac murders I would rightly have been underwhelmed, but Hewitt's undertaking is obviously much larger in scope and I now look forward to him giving the same depth of treatment in the second volume.

Comprehensive - sets up series well

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