{"product_id":"the-golden-states-ghost-linda-davidson-9798271353635","title":"The Golden State's Ghost: Joseph James DeAngelo and the Hunt for the Golden State Killer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Golden State's Ghost: Joseph James DeAngelo and the Hunt for the Golden State Killer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA quiet cul-de-sac. A whisper through a ski mask. A decades-long hunt that reinvented modern detective work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpanning the 1970s terror that turned Sacramento's suburbs into fortresses to the 2018 breakthrough that unmasked a retired cop, \u003cb\u003eThe Golden State's Ghost\u003c\/b\u003e is a propulsive, deeply human account of how a faceless predator was named-and how a state found its voice. You'll walk the midnight greenbelts he used as escape routes, sit inside the briefing rooms where the first criminal profiles were drawn, and witness the moment genetic genealogy reached through a family tree and pointed to a single front door. Most of all, you'll hear the survivors reclaim their stories in a courtroom that history refused to forget.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInside you'll find: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe full arc-from Visalia Ransacker to East Area Rapist to Original Night Stalker to the arrest and sentencing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow the ritual worked-the mask, the rope, the plates, the calls-and why control, not chance, drove the crimes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe turning points-the Maggiore murders, the move south, the escalation to homicide, the near-misses that reshaped the hunt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eCommunities under siege-how fear rewired suburban life and forged neighborhood watches that never slept.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eProfiling then and now-what early psychology got right (and wrong).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe DNA revolution-plain-English explainers on forensic DNA, CODIS, and the genealogy leap that changed everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe unmasking of a double life-DeAngelo's training, temper, and the psychology of domination and rage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside the courtroom-the plea, the impact statements, and justice made public.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eEthics \u0026amp; privacy-the debate sparked by genealogy databases and how policy caught up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eA legacy beyond fear-survivor resilience, community healing, and why no cold case is ever truly cold again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eUrgent and empathetic, meticulous and heart-stopping, \u003cb\u003eThe Golden State's Ghost\u003c\/b\u003e is true crime at its most essential: not just what happened, but how we learned to fight back-and win.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Linda Davidson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798271353635\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/24\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.28d","brand":"Linda Davidson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48440607506687,"sku":"9798271353635","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_68a4201a-608d-45b4-a064-c14f35db5a65.jpg?v=1777183581","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-golden-states-ghost-linda-davidson-9798271353635","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}