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Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases
by Paul Holes
Paul Holes is frank, honest, and open about his life in law enforcement and criminology. Whilst the cases were fascinating, awful, and pulled from the worst sort of evil one can imagine, his own openness about his feelings, how he dealt with the crimes, and his ups and downs in his life were the most compelling. He may come off as one of the smart-ass, self-assured detectives in Law and Order or any other crime show, but there's an innate vulnerability and introspection that you never seen in television that makes his memoir and personality more relatable, more real.
Holes is a bad ass in some respects, and he's a good guy who wants to do well by the people who have experienced unimaginable tragedy and loss along with being a good husband, father and family member. It's a difficult balance, fraught with the positives and 'wins' and the letdowns. Overall, this is a relatable book (even if you're not in law enforcement or sciences fields), one that dives into some of the most compelling cases, including the Golden State Killer and how he was caught, the Jaycee Dugard case, and some other lesser known ones. If you've read Michelle McNamara's I'll Be Gone in the Dark, then I highly recommend Holes's readable memoir, not just for the crime-solving, but for one person's honest look into what it means to work with cold cases and how they can simply haunt you until ... if ever ... they are solved.
Holes is a bad ass in some respects, and he's a good guy who wants to do well by the people who have experienced unimaginable tragedy and loss along with being a good husband, father and family member. It's a difficult balance, fraught with the positives and 'wins' and the letdowns. Overall, this is a relatable book (even if you're not in law enforcement or sciences fields), one that dives into some of the most compelling cases, including the Golden State Killer and how he was caught, the Jaycee Dugard case, and some other lesser known ones. If you've read Michelle McNamara's I'll Be Gone in the Dark, then I highly recommend Holes's readable memoir, not just for the crime-solving, but for one person's honest look into what it means to work with cold cases and how they can simply haunt you until ... if ever ... they are solved.