A very meh read for me. The headliner cases that Holes talked about didn't really bring anything particularly new to the table if you follow that sort of story.

He revealed a lot about the toll that being so singlemindedly dedicated to work took on his personal life. I thought it his personal struggles were sad, and more than that, frustrating. For as many times as he claimed to be able to read people well and change his personality "like a chameleon" to warm up to others, he also claimed to not understand the needs of those in his life who were closest to him like spouses and colleagues. So I didn't really like hearing about his personal struggles because he seemed unwilling to accept criticism and showed no personal emotional growth even though the book covers his entire adult life.

I would have liked to read more about the legal & ethical debates surrounding using DNA databases that people did not knowingly consent to instead of complaints about objections from legal teams -- what were those objections, anyways? And why did the database searches have to be done with personal accounts? Why not just be honest that the police were setting them up? Sketchy AF.

Overall, I was once again disappointed that a cop sounds exactly like a cop. I guess that one is on me.