Zodiac (true crime book)
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 Book cover | |
| Author | Robert Graysmith |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | True crime |
| Published | 1986 (St. Martin's Press) |
| Publication place | United States |
| ISBN | 0-312-89895-9 |
| OCLC | 12133242 |
| 364.1/523/0979461 19 | |
| LC Class | HV6534.S3 G7 1986 |
Zodiac is a non-fiction book written by Robert Graysmith about the unsolved serial murders committed by the Zodiac Killer in San Francisco in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Since its initial release in 1986, Zodiac has sold 4 million copies worldwide.[1] Graysmith was a cartoonist for the San Francisco Chronicle and later also wrote Zodiac Unmasked.
This book chronicles the history of the self-named Zodiac Killer who was active in the 1960s and 1970s in California from first hand details covered by Graysmith's investigative efforts to unmask the Zodiac. The book describes the investigations of the many law enforcement branches such as the LAPD, the FBI, the CIA, etc., that worked on the case and other murders that the Zodiac had proclaimed he committed, including the 1966 Cheri Jo Bates stabbing. Later chapters deal with Graysmith's many theories on the case, and the book eventually cites two possible suspects (who are given pseudonyms), Bob Starr and Donald Andrews, and details some of the circumstantial evidence against them. Graysmith received assistance from police departments that fell within the jurisdictions of the murders, and especially from Inspector Dave Toschi from the San Francisco Police Department, who had worked the Zodiac case.[2] Although the case was never solved, there were instances where solid evidence was held among a number of suspects, even after the Zodiac murders had stopped.
