Independent Book Review: TRACKRS
October 22, 2025
Cold cases aren’t just stories—they’re unfinished nightmares. TRACKRS unravels the long, frustrating hunt for a predator who thought he’d never be found. Michael A. Jacobs pens a masterclass of the true crime genre with TRACKRS—a book that will pull you so deep into the case that you’ll start questioning your career choices. I think I
The Big Thrill interview with Michael A. Jacobs
October 2, 2025
Michael A. Jacobs recently spent some time with The Big Thrill discussing his latest thriller, Trackrs: Which took shape first: plot, character, or setting? Plot. The book is 100 percent nonfiction, so the story was there. The only issue was how to tell it. What attracts you to this book’s genre? Criminal law. It’s what I know and
TRACKRS reviewed by Darlington O – Online Book Club
October 2, 2025
A realistic account of real-life events can be a challenging undertaking, especially if said events are of a gruesome and criminal nature. Fortunately, in TRACKRS: On the Cold Trail of a Serial Killer, the experienced hands of Michael A. Jacobs shine through. With methodical and detailed writing, Jacobs does an admirable job of presenting the cold
LitPick review of TRACKRS
March 29, 2025
TRACKRS by Michael Jacobs is a sharp and detailed record of a string of brutal crimes committed in the late 70s and early 80s by a serial rapist and murderer. Jacobs served in the office of the district attorney for Orange County in California and pieced together evidence decades later on these cold cases to
THE BOOKFEST: Second Place Award for Nonfiction True Crime
March 2, 2025
In a presentation unlike other true crime stories, TRACKRS takes the reader through all the stages involved in the pursuit of a serial killer who sexually assaulted seven young women in Orange County, California in 1978 and 1979. He brutally murdered five, savagely attacked another who barely survived, and injured a pregnant woman so severely
An official Reedsy Discovery Review by Jennie Louwes
February 27, 2025
In a presentation unlike other true crime stories, TRACKRS takes the reader through all the stages involved in the pursuit of a serial killer who sexually assaulted seven young women in Orange County, California in 1978 and 1979. He brutally murdered five, savagely attacked another who barely survived, and injured a pregnant woman so severely
TRACKRS reviewed by Holly Smith for Reader Views
December 2, 2024
A man sits in prison maintaining his innocence. He claims it was not he who attacked his wife, but given the marriage’s history, he is assumed guilty. However, as two Orange County deputy district attorneys, Michael A. Jacobs and Mel Jensen review this case and six others, they find disturbing similarities. In the late 1970s,