Steve Hodel's Books
Mar.13.2012
In Black Dahlia Avenger II, bestselling author and veteran LAPD homicide detective Steve Hodel presents his six-year follow-up investigation [2006-2012] into the Los Angeles Black Dahlia and other serially connected 1940s Lone Woman Murders.
After the 2003 publication of his NYT bestseller and MWA Edgar nominated true-fact crime book, Black Dahlia Avenger: A Genius for...
Sep.22.2009
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?
When veteran LAPD homicide detective Steve Hodel discovered that his late father had known the victim of the infamous Black Dahlia murder case in 1947 Los Angeles, the ensuing three-year investigation became the New York Times...
Jul.25.2006
In 1947, California's infamous Black Dahlia murder inspired the largest manhunt in Los Angeles history. Despite an unprecendented allocation of money and manpower , police investigators failed to identify the psychopath responsible for the sadistic murder and mutilation of beautiful twenty-two-year-old Elizabeth Short. Decades later, former LAPD homicide detective turned private...
"Hodel's investigation is thoroughly and completely convincing. So too is this book. As far as I am concerned, this case [Black Dahlia] is closed."
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— Michael Connelly, Bestselling author Harry Bosch novels
About Steve
Steve Hodel is a 24-year veteran of the LAPD. [1963-1986] During 17 of those years, he was assigned to Hollywood Homicide Division where he investigated over 300 murders and had one of the highest "solve rates" on the Department. He is a licensed P.I....
Steve’s Favorite Books
Thicker'N Thieves by LAPD Sgt. Charles Stoker
All the Harry Bosch novels by Michael Connelly
Magister Ludi: The Glass Bead Game and all Herman Hesse novels...