The release date for the English version of 'Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases' by
Paul Holes is Apr 2022. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
This book explores the joys and costs of solving some of America's most difficult cold cases and comes from the investigator who discovered The Golden State Killer.
Neat, I order another bourbon. This beverage has the power to turn things around. I have no idea how I made it to this location or even to this stage. I've been experiencing something recently. I consume too much alcohol. When my dreams of rotting corpses come to an end, my sheets are drenched in water. I swallow my second drink and attempt to forget about the most recent instance I can't seem to get over.
Crime-solving for me is more complex than the challenge of the hunt, or the process of piecing together a scientific puzzle. For better or worse, the idea of decent people going through hardships obsesses me.
I am asked all the time how I manage to step back from the atrocities of my profession. I have a natural ability to compartmentalize things, but exposure and experience play a larger role—and I've got enough of both. However, I've always been proud of my ability to suppress my emotions in order to complete a task. It seems like all the darkness that has been repressed is just now starting to surface.
There are many things in my lengthy career that I am pleased with. I have apprehended many of the most well-known murderers of the twenty-first century, bringing their victims and families closure and justice. I would want to share with you my twenty-year search for the Golden State Killer, as well as my lifetime of work solving various cold cases, including Laci Peterson, Jaycee Dugard, the Pittsburg killings, and more.
But a deeper question eats at me as I ask myself, at what cost? I've given up on happiness, love, and even parenthood since the pursuit of evil has always taken first. Was that the correct decision I made? I struggle with it every single day. However, I know that there has never been a choice for me as I stand at the place where a little girl breathed her last and as I gaze into her family's eyes. I mumble, "I'm not sure whether I can solve your problem. "But I swear, I'll give it my all."
It's a vow I can confidently fulfill.