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In the Shadow of Mt. Diablo
In the Shadow of Mt. Diablo: The Shocking True Identity of the Zodiac Killer | Mike Rodelli
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“a worthy, if not definitive, addition to the body of Zodiac knowledge.” — Kirkus "It is no exaggeration to call the identity of the Zodiac Killer the most maddening unsolved crime in American history...But it is also no exaggeration to say that Mike Rodelli's case stands above them all" — Tom Zoellner, Author and Former Reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle In June 1999, Mike Rodelli had an idea that had never occurred to a generation of detectives in the San Francisco Bay Area. This led him to a new suspect in the Zodiac case and began a twenty-year odyssey to prove that this man was the Zodiac Killer. In the Shadow of Mt. Diablo: The Shocking True Identity of the Zodiac Killer is filled with original information about the mystery, including DNA and behavioral profiling that resulted directly from his twenty years of intensive research. Rodelli provides the reader with an objectively researched, fully documented book that is meticulously footnoted, and which shows that, against all odds, he has solved a case many said would never yield its dark secrets.
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In the Shadow of Mt. Diablo: The Shocking True Identity of the Zodiac Killer | Mike Rodelli
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The Zodiac Killer, who committed his serial killings in the late 1960s in the San Francisco area, has never been caught. Over the decades, many suspects have been posited but in June 1999, Mike Rodelli followed a hunch & found evidence that suggested a suspect that had never been fully considered before. This book sets out Rodelli's 20-year quest to prove that this man was the Zodiac Killer. (continued)

OutsmartYourShelf I've heard of the Zodiac Killer through films & TV (like Criminal Minds) but never read a book about them until now. Rodelli argues a convincing case - sure, some of the evidence could be argued away as coincidence, but not all of it. It was fascinating to see the evidence laid out & how each point connected to the suspect. Not least of which was a photograph of the suspect which does look very like the sketches of the Zodiac. 5d
OutsmartYourShelf I agree that the Zodiac was most definitely not a sexual sadist. There is no sexual element in the killings & it was about power & control - thumbing his nose at the authorities & getting away with it. I did find it a little heavy-going at times, there seemed to be some repetition & an irritating habit in the early chapters of mentioning something & then saying it would be dealt with later on. 5d
OutsmartYourShelf Overall though it was an interesting read & I think the author may be on to something here. Pity we'll probably never know for sure. 3.5🌟

My thanks to #NetGalley & publishers, Indigo River Publishing, for the opportunity to read an ARC.

Full Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4145541068
Read 29th-31st May 2025

#ReadAway2025 @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES 5d
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 4d
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