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ZODIEX
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A range of additional books, both nonfiction and fiction, draw on the Zodiac Killer case. Documented examples include:

  • Robert Colby, “Horror-Scope for Murder (The Zodiac Killer)” in The California Crime Book (1971).
  • Duffy Jennings, “This is the Zodiac Speaking…” in Great Crimes of San Francisco (1974).
  • James Purvis, “Zodiac—The Sign of Death” in Great Unsolved Mysteries (1978).
  • Jerry Weissman, The Zodiac Killer (1979).
  • Georgina Lloyd, “The Zodiac Killer” in One Was Not Enough (1986).
  • T. Winter-Damon & Randy Chandler, Duet for the Devil (2000), a horror novel.
  • Joseph Covino Jr., San Francisco’s Finest: Gunning for the Zodiac (2012).
  • Terry Cubbins, The Stringer (2016).
  • Claus Holm, Tempus Investigations – Season Three (2020), in which the main character confronts and kills a Zodiac figure.

These works variously fictionalize or document the case; their identity claims, where present, belong to their authors.