The Riddle of Emmon Bodfish cover art

The Riddle of Emmon Bodfish

 Preview
Try Premium Plus free
1 credit a month to buy any audiobook in our entire collection.
Access to thousands of additional audiobooks and Originals from the Plus Catalogue.
Member-only deals & discounts.
Auto-renews at $16.45/mo after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

The Riddle of Emmon Bodfish

By: Paul Holes, Peter McDonnell, Josh Sanburn
Narrated by: Paul Holes, Jim Clemente
Try Premium Plus free

$16.45 per month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for $16.99

Buy Now for $16.99

About this listen

In 1999, Emmon Bodfish was murdered in his home in the wealthy enclave of Orinda, California, just east of San Francisco. For the young crime-scene analyst Paul Holes, it quickly became the most bizarre and surprising case of his storied career.

It was immediately clear how Emmon had died: by being hit over the head with a heavy object. What wasn’t clear was who did it and why. Each clue was like a doorway to an expanding labyrinth of leads—leads involving pagan ceremonies, stolen artwork, a mysterious disease, an elusive shoe pattern, entomology, a blue demon, a family inheritance, an enigmatic child, a struggle for identity, and passages written in a secret language throughout two decades of Emmon’s diaries.

No matter how deep Paul went into the tunnels of the mystery, the shape-shifting shadow of Emmon’s antagonist stayed just out of reach. Paul had never faced anything like it. He became obsessed with solving it. For himself and for Emmon.

©2024 Audible Originals, LLC (P)2024 Audible Originals, LLC Murder True Crime
All stars
Most relevant  
Very sad story. Filled with twists and turns and learnt a few things along the way too! Fascinating and kept me hooked right through.

Kept me hooked!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
interesting story tools from the genuine perspectives off this investigating. if this was fiction you would not believe it

very intriguing story

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Enjoyed the investigative process to this impossible and unimaginable story.
Love Paul Holes and Jim Clemente together.

Unusual but true

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Well produced. Overall the storyline was disappointing and seemed to dwell on the facts that this was a tale of a person who was transgender and followed a pagan religion even though these things didn't really contribute much to solving the crime.

well produced but underwhelming storyline

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Theme did not resonate with me.

I found the slow progress frustrating. Description of the detective process was interesting enough.

Well narrated.

Book title well chosen

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
bizarre but true, with so many twists and turns, but ultimately a satisfying resolution. probably.

bizarre

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I kind of hung in there to see how it was solved. I'm left hanging.

Don't expect a resolution. Disappointing.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Annoyingly long-winded with no satisfactory conclusion. It had promise but didn't deliver. I lost interest.

No conclusion!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I love listening and learning from Jim Clemente, so was really looking forward to this.
However, the story dragged on and on, going nowhere.
Paul Holes is very boring to listen to.
Disappointed

Awful!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
once the crime has been detailed just turn it off. The rest is speculation

Unnecessary story

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.