Most Evil: Avenger, Zodiac, and the Further Serial Murders of Dr. George Hill Hodel

Written by Steve Hodel and Ralph Pezzullo

Narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner

When veteran LAPD homicide detective Steve Hodel discovered that his late father had known the victim in the infamous Black Dahlia murder case in 1947 Los Angeles, the ensuing three-year investigation became the New York Times bestseller Black Dahlia Avenger. Publication led directly to the discovery of a cache of hidden documents, covered up for decades, that confirm George Hodel had long been law enforcement’s number one suspect in Elizabeth Short’s grisly death. A lurid murder mystery that had endured for more than fifty years was finally solved.

But for Steve Hodel, that revelation was only the beginning. With twenty-five years of experience investigating homicides as an LAPD detective, Hodel’s instincts told him that a man capable of bisecting Elizabeth Short’s body, arranging it in a gruesome and public tableau, and taunting the police and the public with notes and phone calls, did not begin or end his killing career with the Black Dahlia. A chance encounter in the wake of Black Dahlia Avenger’s publication led Steve to consider a question as preposterous as it is compelling:

Twenty years after shocking the world in Los Angeles, could Dr. George Hill Hodel have returned to terrorize California as the killer known as Zodiac?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Brilliance Audio
• Release date: Sep 22, 2009
• ISBN: 9781441800497

Steve Hodel

Steve Hodel is the author of Black Dahlia Avenger, a New York Times bestseller, and finalist for the Edgar Award. He spent nearly twenty-five years with the LAPD, where he achieved one of the highest solve rates on the force. Hodel lives in Los Angeles. Visit his website at: stevehodel.com

Reviews for Most Evil

[piratejenny_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

The former LA cop who believes that his father was the Black Dahlia killer has written another book about his father and what he believes to be his father's other crimes. Some of it, as with the Dahlia case, is pretty damn convincing. I'm a little more skeptical of some of the cases, especially Zodiac, though there is one police sketch that looks creepily like George Hodel. But honestly, whether you believe him or not, it makes for some fascinating reading.

[frank778 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Not sure Hodel’s evidence holds up. But fascinating despite the vagueness of the connections to the Zodiac.