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by Rae-Venter, Barbara | HC | LikeNew
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Like new
- Seller notes
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 1 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 9780593358894
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0593358899
ISBN-13
9780593358894
eBay Product ID (ePID)
5057256095
Product Key Features
Book Title
I Know Who You Are : How an Amateur DNA Sleuth Unmasked the Golden State Killer and Changed Crime Fighting Forever
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2023
Topic
Sociology / General, Murder / Serial Killers, Science & Technology
Genre
True Crime, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
17.3 Oz
Item Length
9.6 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2022-035338
Reviews
"Like a good crime writer, Ms. Rae-Venter has a gift for storytelling. . . . Her scientific explanations are concise and her revelations are dramatic. I Know Who You Are is a remarkably exciting book. . . . Her description of the obsessive zeal with which she sought this personification of evil echoes the dedication displayed by such fictional police detectives as California novelist Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch." -- The Wall Street Journal "A lucid and entertaining detective story . . . Rae-Venter is a scientist at heart, and driven by a scientist's particular, almost possessive hunger for knowledge." -- Slate "A gripping story tracing the hundreds of hours spent rifling through people's family ties to find killers and identify bodies." -- Nature "In a very crowded field of hard-to-distinguish true-crime offerings, Rae-Venter's title provides a unique and edge-of-your seat insider's account of the case she calls, accurately so, 'a dividing line between the past and the future' for law enforcement." -- ABA Journal " I Know Who You Are is a true-crime masterpiece written by a cold-case-cracking master. This page-turner takes readers inside the web of lies spun by the worst criminal minds and reveals the path to solving the country's most notorious crimes. It's an epic read and a searingly important story." --John Douglas, New York Times bestselling co-author of Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit "This book is an invaluable addition to the true-crime genre." --Maureen Callahan, New York Times bestselling author of American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century " I Know Who You Are is a propulsive true-crime thriller that takes the reader deep inside the manhunt for one of the most terrifying serial killers in American history. Barbara Rae-Venter's admirable work as a DNA sleuth provided the searing heat that melted the coldest of cold cases." --Casey Sherman, New York Times bestselling author of Helltown: The Untold Story of a Serial Killer on Cape Cod " With urgency and insight, Barbara Rae-Venter tells the unlikely story of a retired patent attorney whose obsessive, scientific mind transformed her from a genealogical hobbyist into the who helped identify one of America's most notorious serial killers." --Libby Copeland, author of The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Upending Who We "[Rae-Venter] tells the story the world has been waiting to hear in her mesmerizing memoir. . . ." -- BookPage (starred review) "A remarkable account . . . It's an eye-opening and thought-provoking contribution to the true crime genre." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Fascinating true-crime reportage infused with cinematic suspense . . ." -- Kirkus Reviews, "Like a good crime writer, Ms. Rae-Venter has a gift for storytelling. She describes the Golden State investigation and other cases--their complications and vexations, dead ends and breakthroughs--with enviable clarity, suitable detail and a fine sense of pace. Her scientific explanations are concise and her revelations are dramatic. I Know Who You Are is a remarkably exciting book. . . . Her description of the obsessive zeal with which she sought this personification of evil echoes the dedication displayed by such fictional police detectives as California novelist Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch." -- The Wall Street Journal "A lucid and entertaining detective story . . . Rae-Venter is a scientist at heart, and driven by a scientist's particular, almost possessive hunger for knowledge." -- Slate "A gripping story tracing the hundreds of hours spent rifling through people's family ties to find killers and identify bodies." -- Nature " I Know Who You Are is a true-crime masterpiece written by a cold-case-cracking master. This page-turner takes readers inside the web of lies spun by the worst criminal minds and reveals the path to solving the country's most notorious crimes. It's an epic read and a searingly important story." --John Douglas, New York Times bestselling co-author of Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit "This book is an invaluable addition to the true-crime genre." --Maureen Callahan, New York Times bestselling author of American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century " I Know Who You Are is a propulsive true-crime thriller that takes the reader deep inside the manhunt for one of the most terrifying serial killers in American history. Barbara Rae-Venter's admirable work as a DNA sleuth provided the searing heat that melted the coldest of cold cases." --Casey Sherman, New York Times bestselling author of Helltown: The Untold Story of a Serial Killer on Cape Cod "I Know Who You Are offers an immersive, compelling account of a revolution in crime-fighting from the woman who pioneered it. With urgency and insight, Barbara Rae-Venter tells the unlikely story of a retired patent attorney whose obsessive, scientific mind transformed her from a genealogical hobbyist into the who helped identify one of America's most notorious serial killers." --Libby Copeland, author of The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Upending Who We "A remarkable account . . . Rae-Venter makes the science accessible and delves into the controversy that forensic genealogy has engendered because of privacy concerns. . . . It's an eye-opening and thought-provoking contribution to the true crime genre." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Fascinating true-crime reportage infused with cinematic suspense . . . It's also an examination of corrupted humanity gone haywire and the thrill and release of an abuser being brought to justice." -- Kirkus Reviews, "Like a good crime writer, Ms. Rae-Venter has a gift for storytelling. Her scientific explanations are concise and her revelations are dramatic. I Know Who You Are is a remarkably exciting book. . . . Her description of the obsessive zeal with which she sought this personification of evil echoes the dedication displayed by such fictional police detectives as California novelist Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch." -- The Wall Street Journal "A lucid and entertaining detective story . . . Rae-Venter is a scientist at heart, and driven by a scientist's particular, almost possessive hunger for knowledge." -- Slate "A gripping story tracing the hundreds of hours spent rifling through people's family ties to find killers and identify bodies." -- Nature "In a very crowded field of hard-to-distinguish true-crime offerings, Rae-Venter's title provides a unique and edge-of-your seat insider's account of the case she calls, accurately so, 'a dividing line between the past and the future' for law enforcement." -- ABA Journal " I Know Who You Are is a true-crime masterpiece written by a cold-case-cracking master. This page-turner takes readers inside the web of lies spun by the worst criminal minds and reveals the path to solving the country's most notorious crimes. It's an epic read and a searingly important story." --John Douglas, New York Times bestselling co-author of Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit "This book is an invaluable addition to the true-crime genre." --Maureen Callahan, New York Times bestselling author of American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century " I Know Who You Are is a propulsive true-crime thriller that takes the reader deep inside the manhunt for one of the most terrifying serial killers in American history. Barbara Rae-Venter's admirable work as a DNA sleuth provided the searing heat that melted the coldest of cold cases." --Casey Sherman, New York Times bestselling author of Helltown: The Untold Story of a Serial Killer on Cape Cod " With urgency and insight, Barbara Rae-Venter tells the unlikely story of a retired patent attorney whose obsessive, scientific mind transformed her from a genealogical hobbyist into the who helped identify one of America's most notorious serial killers." --Libby Copeland, author of The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Upending Who We "A remarkable account . . . Rae-Venter makes the science accessible and delves into the controversy that forensic genealogy has engendered because of privacy concerns. . . . It's an eye-opening and thought-provoking contribution to the true crime genre." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Fascinating true-crime reportage infused with cinematic suspense . . . It's also an examination of corrupted humanity gone haywire and the thrill and release of an abuser being brought to justice." -- Kirkus Reviews, " I Know Who You Are is a true-crime masterpiece written by a cold-case-cracking master. Barbara Rae-Venter's investigative DNA work has revolutionized the way law enforcement hunts serial killers. This page-turner takes readers inside the web of lies spun by the worst criminal minds and reveals the path to solving the country's most notorious crimes. An epic read and a searingly important story." --John Douglas, New York Times bestselling co-author of Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit "Barbara Rae-Venter isn't just the genealogy expert who helped capture the Golden State Killer--she's an unsung hero who has given murdered women and children faces and names, the recognition that their lives mattered. This book is an invaluable addition to the true-crime genre." --Maureen Callahan, New York Times bestselling author of American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century " I Know Who You Are is a propulsive true-crime thriller that takes the reader deep inside the manhunt for one of the most terrifying serial killers in American history. Barbara Rae-Venter's admirable work as a DNA sleuth provided the searing heat that melted the coldest of cold cases." --Casey Sherman, New York Times bestselling co-author of Helltown: The Untold Story of a Serial Killer on Cape Cod " I Know Who You Are offers an immersive, compelling account of a revolution in crime-fighting from the citizen-scientist who pioneered it. With urgency and insight, Barbara Rae-Venter tells the unlikely story of a retired patent attorney whose obsessive, scientific mind transformed her from a genealogical hobbyist into the citizen-scientist who helped identify one of America's most notorious serial killers. Rae-Venter's deep dive into the Golden State Killer case explores the science, history and ethics around a technique that has led to the solving of hundreds of cold cases, a fierce debate over privacy, and a burgeoning awareness of the power of DNA technology to transform our lives by revealing the truth about the past." --Libby Copeland, author of The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Upending Who We Are
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
364.15232092
Synopsis
EDGAR AWARD FINALIST ."A true-crime masterpiece written by a cold-case-cracking master."-John Douglas, New York Times bestselling co-author of Mindhunter "Barbara Rae-Venter isn't just the genealogy expert who helped capture the Golden State Killer-she's an unsung hero who has given murdered women and children their faces and names back."-Maureen Callahan, New York Times bestselling author of American Predator "Echoes the dedication displayed by such fictional police detectives as California novelist Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch."- The Wall Street Journal For twelve years the Golden State Killer terrorized California, stalking victims and killing without remorse. Then he simply disappeared, for the next forty-four years, until an amateur DNA sleuth opened her laptop. In I Know Who You Are, Barbara Rae-Venter reveals how she went from researching her family history as a retiree to hunting for a notorious serial killer-and how she became the nation's leading authority on investigative genetic genealogy, the most dazzling new crime-fighting weapon to appear in decades. Rae-Venter shares haunting, often thrilling accounts of how she helped solve some of America's most chilling cold cases in the span of just three years, frequently starting with little more than a DNA sample. She brings readers inside her unique "grasshopper mind" as she pores through obituaries, marriage records, and old newspaper articles.Readers join in on urgent calls with sheris, FBI agents, and district attorneys as she details the struggle to obtain usable crime scene DNA samples, until, Finally, a critical piece of the puzzle clicks into place. I Know Who You Are captures both the exhilaration of these discoveries and the deep-rooted emotions that linger around cold cases. It isa story of relentless curiosity and reinvention, and of human beings striving to answer the most elemental questions about themselves- What deFines identity? Where do we belong? And are we truly who we think we are?, EDGAR AWARD FINALIST - "A true-crime masterpiece written by a cold-case-cracking master."--John Douglas, New York Times bestselling co-author of Mindhunter "Barbara Rae-Venter isn't just the genealogy expert who helped capture the Golden State Killer--she's an unsung hero who has given murdered women and children their faces and names back."--Maureen Callahan, New York Times bestselling author of American Predator "Echoes the dedication displayed by such fictional police detectives as California novelist Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch."-- The Wall Street Journal For twelve years the Golden State Killer terrorized California, stalking victims and killing without remorse. Then he simply disappeared, for the next forty-four years, until an amateur DNA sleuth opened her laptop. In I Know Who You Are, Barbara Rae-Venter reveals how she went from researching her family history as a retiree to hunting for a notorious serial killer--and how she became the nation's leading authority on investigative genetic genealogy, the most dazzling new crime-fighting weapon to appear in decades. Rae-Venter shares haunting, often thrilling accounts of how she helped solve some of America's most chilling cold cases in the span of just three years, frequently starting with little more than a DNA sample. She brings readers inside her unique "grasshopper mind" as she pores through obituaries, marriage records, and old newspaper articles. Readers join in on urgent calls with sheris, FBI agents, and district attorneys as she details the struggle to obtain usable crime scene DNA samples, until, Finally, a critical piece of the puzzle clicks into place. I Know Who You Are captures both the exhilaration of these discoveries and the deep-rooted emotions that linger around cold cases. It is a story of relentless curiosity and reinvention, and of human beings striving to answer the most elemental questions about themselves: What deFines identity? Where do we belong? And are we truly who we think we are?
LC Classification Number
HV6248.A29R34 2023
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- c***m (423)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseWOW!; I cannot believe this 3 Days to Hawaii! ; AAA+++; Excellent Service; Great Pricing; Fast Delivery-Faster Than Expected to Hawaii!; Shipped 05/05, Mon, Received 05/08, Thu to Hawaii using free shipping; USPS Ground Mail, Book in Excellent Condition--Better Than Described ; TLC Packaging; Excellent Seller Communication, Sends updates . Highly Recommended!, Thank you very much!The Internment of Japanese Americans During World War II (#146005407795)
- v***v (2062)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseAlthough this book was not as described, with no picture of it in the listing, the seller communicated well and quickly gave me a full refund while letting me keep it. The minimal packaging left the book a bit vulnerable (typical for ThriftBooks), but it did arrive safely and timely. As usual, it’s hit or miss with this seller, but often times you can get great values, and their customer service is always very good. Many other sellers with millions of transactions don’t even communicate.
- 2***j (113)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseI've ordered several items from this vendor now and they've always been what they were advertised as. This was no exception. Both discs were in great shape as well as their jewel cases. Delivery is good, packaging is simple but effective for what you're paying and I haven't had any get damaged. Will keep buying from this vendor because of the results so far and good prices, too.