Most Evil

Publisher Marketing: When veteran LAPD homicide detective Steve Hodel discovered that his late father had known the victim in the infamous Black Dahlia murder case in 1947 Los Angeles, the ensuing three-year investigation became the "New York Times" bestseller "Black Dahlia Avenger." Publication led directly to the discovery of a cache of hidden documents, covered up for decades, that confirm George Hodel had long been law enforcement s number one suspect in Elizabeth Short s grisly death. A lurid murder mystery that had endured for more than fifty years was finally solved. But for Steve Hodel, that revelation was only the beginning. With twenty-five years of experience investigating homicides as an LAPD detective, Hodel s instincts told him that a man capable of bisecting Elizabeth Short s body, arranging it in a gruesome and public tableau, and taunting the police and the public with notes and phone calls, did not begin or end his killing career with the Black Dahlia. A chance encounter in the wake of "Black Dahlia Avenger" s publication led Steve to consider a question as preposterous as it is compelling: Twenty years after shocking the world in Los Angeles, could Dr. George Hill Hodel have returned to terrorize California as the killer known as Zodiac?" Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 05/01/2009 pg. 60 (EAN 9780525951322, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Hodel, Steve Steve Hodel spent nearly twenty-five years with the LAPD, where, as a homicide detective, he worked on more than three hundred murder cases and achieved one of the highest "solve rates" in the force. He lives in Los Angeles. Contributor Bio:  Hillgartner, Malcolm Malcolm Hillgartner is an actor, author, playwright, and professional narrator. Under the name Jahnna N. Malcolm, he and his wife, Jahnna Beecham, have written over one hundred books for young readers; their musicals have played in theaters across America. His audiobook credits include works by Dean Koontz, Nelson Algren, and William F. Buckley Jr. Contributor Bio:  Pezzullo, Ralph Ralph Pezzullo is a "New York Times" bestselling author and award-winning playwright, screenwriter, and journalist.