{"product_id":"the-most-dangerous-animal-of-all-searching-for-my-father-and-finding-the-zodiac-killer-isbn-9780062313164","title":"The Most Dangerous Animal of All: Searching for My Father . . . and Finding the Zodiac Killer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“I promise that you’ve never read anything like \u003cem\u003eThe Most Dangerous Animal of All.\u003c\/em\u003e Mesmerizing from the first page, the story includes a shattering surprise that will sear itself in your memory. Be prepared to read non-stop; this really is a book you won’t be able to put down.” —Jeff Guinn, author of \u003cem\u003eManson: The Life and Times of Charles Manson\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn explosive and historic \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller of true crime and an emotionally powerful and revelatory memoir of a man whose ten-year search for his biological father leads to a chilling discovery: His father is one of the most notorious-and still at large-serial killers in America\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoon after his birthmother contacted him for the first time at the age of thirty-nine, adoptee Gary L. Stewart decided to search for his biological father. It was a quest that would lead him to a horrifying truth and force him to reconsider everything he thought he knew about himself and his world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten with award-winning author and journalist Susan D. Mustafa, \u003cem\u003eThe Most Dangerous Animal of All \u003c\/em\u003etells the story of Stewart’s decade-long hunt for his father following a complex trail of startling twists and connections. Combing through government records and news reports and through conversations with his father’s relatives and friends, Stewart turns up a host of clues, including forensic evidence, identifying his father as one of the most infamous and still-wanted serial killers in American history.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Bestseller\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e Bestseller\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoon after his birthmother contacted him for the first time at the age of thirty-nine, adoptee Gary L. Stewart decided to search for his biological father. His quest would lead him to a horrifying truth and force him to reconsider everything he thought he knew about himself and his world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten with award-winning author and journalist Susan Mustafa, \u003cem\u003eThe Most Dangerous Animal of All\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of Stewart's decade-long hunt. While combing through government records and news reports and tracking down relatives and friends, Stewart turns up a host of clues—including forensic evidence—that conclusively identify his father as the Zodiac Killer, one of the most notorious and elusive serial murderers in history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor decades, the Zodiac Killer has captivated America's imagination. His ability to evade capture while taunting authorities made him infamous. The vicious specificity of his crimes terrified Californians before the Manson murders and after, and shocked a culture enamored with the ideals of the dawning Age of Aquarius. To this day, his ciphers have baffled detectives and amateur sleuths, and his identity remains one of the twentieth century's great unsolved mysteries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Most Dangerous Animal of All\u003c\/em\u003e reveals the name of the Zodiac for the very first time. Mustafa and Stewart construct a chilling psychological profile of Stewart's father: as a boy with disturbing fixations, a frustrated intellectual with pretensions to high culture, and an inappropriate suitor and then jilted lover unable to process his rage. At last, all the questions that have surrounded the case for almost fifty years are answered in this riveting narrative. The result is a singular work of true crime at its finest—a compelling, unbelievable true story told with the pacing of a page-turning novel—as well as a sensational and powerful memoir.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Very few books can be properly described as unique, and in particular there are very few new things under the True Crime sun. But I promise that you’ve never read anything like \u003ci\u003eThe Most Dangerous Animal of All\u003c\/i\u003e by Gary L. Stewart with Susan Mustafa. The tale they tell is mesmerizing from the first page, and the story includes a shattering surprise that will sear itself in your memory. Just be prepared to read non-stop; as opposed to the usual overblown hype, this really is a book that you won’t be able to put down.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJeff Guinn, author of Manson: The Life and Times of Charles Manson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I promise that you’ve never read anything like The Most Dangerous Animal of All. Mesmerizing from the first page, the story includes a shattering surprise that will sear itself in your memory. 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