"Zodiac" is written by a political cartoonist from the San Francisco Examiner who was fascinated by the Zodiac's letters and ciphers and ended up spending over a decade researching the crimes, talking to suspects and witnesses, and working on his codes. Overall, the tale of the Zodiac killer is fairly creepy. The parts of the book that focused on the Zodiac's actual crimes and taunting of the newspaper and cops were fascinating. But chapters describing the late 70's and early 80's when the Zodiac all but disappeared and Graysmith focused more on dissecting various suspects and theories was boring. A stronger writer would've possibly made those chapters interesting, but Graysmith is a political cartoonist, not a reporter. Needless to say if you're into true crime novels, this book is a must read.

Robert Graysmith was on staff at the San Francisco Chronicle in 1968 when Zodiac first struck. In this book, he reveals hundreds of facts previously unreleased, including the complete text of the killer's letters.

While the story of the Zodiac killer is fascinating, this book was a bit of a "dry" read.

This is about th zodiac killer and how the detetctives have looked for the killer and how he played with the police by taunting them.

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Very well-written book. Fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the way murders were investigated in the 60's and 70's. A must-read before seeing the movie, due out soon.

Written in a newsreporter's format.

The writing was so/so, subject matter riveting, frightening and sometimes totally unbelieveable. I'm glad I grew up in the Central US instead of Northern CA.

A good true crime read. The Author gives good insight to the crimes of The Zodiac killer.

The writing style took a bit of getting used to, but once I was in I was totally engrossed. Fascinating and scary book.

Interesting book on the Zodiac killer. It has lots of good information.

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