The first biography of the little-known real-life Tom Sawyer (a friend of Mark Twain during his brief tenure as a California newspaper reporter), told through a harrowing account of Sawyer's involveme
The New York Times bestselling author who investigated the Zodiac case now uncovers a real-life mystery of murder, body doubles, and obsession Marli Renfro was a model who played a part in one of
San Francisco, 1926. The Gorilla Man, a hulking strangler with huge hands who lumbered on all fours, haunted Captain Charles Dullea, the last honest cop in one of the most notoriously corrupt departm
After painstaking investigation, and more than 30 years of research, Robert Graysmith finally exposes infamous Zodiac killer’s true identity. With overwhelming evidence he reveals the twisted private
“This is the Zodiac speaking. I like killing people because it is so much fun... the most thrilling experience...”This shocking true crime classic is now a major movie. A sexual sadist, the Zodiac’s p
During the 1920s, in more than a dozen cities, over four years, and across two continents, women were being butchered. Eyewitneses claim the perpetrator was a hulking Bible-carrying brute who lumbere
Traces the lesser-known story of a volunteer fireman, marine engineer and poker buddy of Mark Twain who inspired the character of Tom Sawyer, describing his pivotal contributions to the hunt for a ser
Robert Graysmith was a cartoonist for the San Francisco Chronicle when the newspaper began receiving letters from the Zodiac, the mysterious serial killer who plagued the Bay Area for several years in
Marli Renfro was Janet Leigh's body double in the Hitchcock classic Psycho. When she disappeared, it was believed she was the victim of a serial killer. It was a mystery that took decades to solve-an
A sexual sadist, his pleasure was torture and murder. He mocked authorities through encrypted notes, promising he would kill again. The toll may have reached fifty. He was never caught. Graysmith, who
A "San Francisco Chronicle" reporter provides an account of the series of unsolved murders committed in California from 1968 to the early seventies in which letters were sent to the "Chronicle," annou
