Former UK police profiler Paul Harrison has spent over two decades researching and interviewing many of the key people involved in one of the world's most intriguing murder mysteries: The Zodiac! An expert in serial killer interviews, he has travelled the globe interviewing many of the world's worst, most vicious murderers in an attempt to understand their psyche and what drives them kill.
Hunting the Zodiac is his journey and investigation into the crimes, potentially, outside the official police inquiries, the most comprehensive yet. He struck up a connection with SFPD Detective Inspector David Toschi, who led the police Zodiac investigation for nine years, at its height which opened up new avenues of investigation for this book. Using his police profiling skills, Paul dissects this case to its skeleton, taking the reader through the police investigation, providing bespoke profiles each suspect, crime scene and every facet of this mystery in a cold and objective manner.
Author Biography
Paul Harrison has spent much of his professional life working within the UK's criminal justice system, primarily as a police officer, but also working with the Judiciary at the Royal Courts of Justice in London. He later worked voluntarily with victim focused agencies supporting abused children and males. As a police officer he had a diverse and interesting career, serving as a dog handler, intelligence officer, as a detective and later, as a profiler. Working closely with the now defunct FBI Behavioural Science Unit in Quantico, he gained a unique and remarkable insight into the minds of some of the world's most violent criminals, including serious sexual offenders, serial killers and murderers. As a crime writer he has had conversations with many of the UK's most infamous felons and killers. His conversation portfolio reads like a Who's Who of murderers. Paul has researched, studied and analysed serial killers for over three decades and is now widely regarded as one of the world's top experts on the phenomenon. As an author, he's penned thirty-three traditionally published books (mainly true crime) and will publish his first novel, Chasing Monsters, in 2018. In his spare time he enjoys watching his beloved Leeds United, walking his German Shepherd dog (Sherlock), and spending quality time with his family. A seasoned event speaker, Paul is popular across the entire crime genre (fiction and non-fiction) and discusses his police career and criminal conversations with killers to sell out audiences.
