Zodiac Lives by Rhoda D'Ettore

Thriller- this book truly lives up to that tag. There’s a thrill rippling through every page that makes your heart beat faster and your mind is gripped by the images flashing through it.

Serial Killers. Our society is entranced by them. We eat up every bit of news, every graphic description. So what happens when it’s the smallest, most innocent of us that is suddenly plagued by these horrific events that she could know nothing about. A child. No, not a child. Is she? Can they believe it? Can she truly be one of the victims of the infamous Zodiac killer?- only years later and in the body of a kid. Can she give them the leads they so need on the case that has gone so desperately cold?

No one is safe. He will kill your family, your friends, the random bell boy. “Killing is fun,” he says and the killer in him has awakened yet again after being dormant for so long.

I honestly couldn’t put this book down. It was crisp and fast paced. It wasn’t like so many other crime novels where you can guess what’s going to happen. There was surprise after surprise. There were chapters that I paused after and had to tell myself to breath.

Empathy is not something you feel much when you read about these killers but I couldn’t help but feel a tinge of sadness for the Zodiac. The fact that it was based on a real killer made it all the more astounding.