I was lucky enough to read an early copy. Sooooo good.
Thank you Michael for taking the time to do it right.
“…they may be dealing with one or more ersatz Zodiacs–other psychotics eager to get into the act, or perhaps even other murderers eager to lay their crimes at the real Zodiac’s doorstep.“ L.A. Times, 1969
I would very much like the Book of M.Cole to be released in its Portuguese version, whether here in Brazil and / or Portugal.
https://zodiacode1933.blogspot.com/
I’ve chatted with him offsite before, and I was impressed. This is definitely not going to be another nonsense "Reddit thread as a book."
Just finished reading all three volumes that I was lucky enough to have an early preview. Really entertaining and thorough. Lots of things I could give as an example of why I enjoyed them. The one thing that stood out to me was how the books went into more detail than normally given. One such was giving some background on the history of the Vallejo, Benicia area. Pointing out his theory of where the Zodiac may have been living in Los Angeles area around time of Bates murder and two others possibly also at the beginning of his journey. A lot of time and effort was put into this and it shows. It is ironic and unfortunate that the 340 was solved right after these came out. Maybe Michael can write something through a board like this to give his thoughts on this. Highly recommend.
charliemartin
By chance, I discovered this book after following a link from here to Michael Cole’s website, whereafter I became fascinated with his (very plausible) approach to the radian theory. I’m halfway through Volume Two currently, and both impressed by his easy-to-follow staging of the elementary facts and subsequently, the logical deductions he is able to derive from these givens. For me, this demonstrates the advantage of applying a consistent methodology to the case at the level of logic. Particularly impressive is Cole’s use of the spatial information––as plainly provided by the Zodiac––to determine what the killer might mean. Pleasingly therefore, the proposed solutions are often both straightforward and observably true. On occasion there are small conceptual leaps, yet on the whole Cole makes modest and sustainable claims. So far, I think the book has explanatory power and provides new lines of attack that worth pursuing. Even on the rare occasions when I didn’t agree with his conclusions, I found merit in Cole’s approach. This is definitely a step forward in understanding the method behind Zodiac’s madness, and as the solving of z340 shows, Zodiac was a high concept killer capable of meaningful abstract thought. As such, Zodiac followers would do well to pay the book some attention, since this is a theory cut from the whole cloth of what is known and what the Zodiac tells us. Similarly, I also think the book would be useful in tandem with geographic profiling and investigative psychological approaches.
Thanks for the recent comments. I really appreciate them. 
If you’ve read The Zodiac Revisited and liked it, please consider leaving a review for one or more of the books on Amazon. Right now, that’s the single most valuable thing anyone can do to help make the series a success. Thanks.
I’ve just finished reading Volume 1, and it is the best unbiased recitation of the facts of the case out there. I would recommend this to anyone new to the case who is looking to get acquainted with the basic aspects of the Zodiac Killer. Well-written, easy to follow, basically error-free.
I have just begun reading Volume 2, and while the writing is very good, I do disagree with many of Cole’s conclusions about the case (Zodiac’s fixation on women, the crimes and letters attributed to him, etc.). I am looking forward to see what evidence he supplies to support these conclusions.
“Murder will out, this my conclusion.”
– Geoffrey Chaucer
I’ve just finished reading Volume 1, and it is the best unbiased recitation of the facts of the case out there. I would recommend this to anyone new to the case who is looking to get acquainted with the basic aspects of the Zodiac Killer. Well-written, easy to follow, basically error-free.
I have just begun reading Volume 2, and while the writing is very good, I do disagree with many of Cole’s conclusions about the case (Zodiac’s fixation on women, the crimes and letters attributed to him, etc.). I am looking forward to see what evidence he supplies to support these conclusions.
Or . . . better than speculative conclusions . . . comb the Stine cab for DNA under modern forensics.
Sale alert — each of Michael’s books is available for 99 cents in the Kindle store on Amazon. Sale ends fairly soon so act fast!
Sale alert — each of Michael’s books is available for 99 cents in the Kindle store on Amazon. Sale ends fairly soon so act fast!
Great tip. Just purchased them all. Wasn’t even aware of the books until this popped up (been taking a break from the case for a while).
Thanks
Luke
Thanks for the recent comments. I really appreciate them.
If you’ve read The Zodiac Revisited and liked it, please consider leaving a review for one or more of the books on Amazon. Right now, that’s the single most valuable thing anyone can do to help make the series a success. Thanks.
More important (and pertinent) – are we going to see a discrete GPU sometime in the future that is actually available to purchase in stores?
You’re welcome, Luke! Around 13 hours left on the sale now and it’s a great deal.
I have read some of the book, the part found online. I thought I would bring this up. Cole suggests that Zodiac was knowledgeable about celestial navigation, basically steering by the stars, like ancient mariners. There was a company in Santa Barbara and Goleta that was founded post-war on an Air Force contract to develop a daytime system for celestial navigation. That’s a business then called the Santa Barbara Research Center.
The corporate history is a melodrama unto itself. But it was a place for proto-Hippie scientists who were not especially attuned to military-industrial corporate life. Think the Val Kilmer movie Real Genius. That’s how I imagine it. They worked on the celestial navigation system throughout the Fifties. One thing they did in the Sixties was use that knowledge to develop a novel guidance system for the Surveyor lunar missions.
Anyway, as I always say, Zodiac could have worked there, or he could have worked anywhere in the aerospace industry, or he could have worked anywhere outside of the aerospace industry.
Micheal I heard you on a podcast. While I think it only fair I read your books. I will say I disagree with you and many others that Zodiac had an issue towards women. Or that Zodiac was a lovers lane killer. What we know of Zodiac is that this person didn’t really care about his victims at all. Hardly brought up. That’s why the Bates murder doesn’t add up. That was a rage killing. Hardly the Zodiac way.
