One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
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For more than ten years, a mysterious and violent predator committed fifty sexual assaults in Northern California before moving south, where he perpetrated ten sadistic murders. Then he disappeared, eluding capture by multiple police forces and some of the best detectives in the area. Three decades later, Michelle McNamara, a true crime journalist who created the popular website TrueCrimeDiary.com, was determined to find the violent psychopath she called "the Golden State Killer." Michelle pored over police reports, interviewed victims, and embedded herself in the online communities that were as obsessed with the case as she was. I'll Be Gone in the Dark-the masterpiece McNamara was writing at the time of her sudden death-offers an atmospheric snapshot of a moment in American history and a chilling account of a criminal mastermind and the wreckage he left behind. It is also a portrait of a woman's obsession and her unflagging pursuit of the truth. Utterly original and compelling, it is destined to become a true crime classic-and may at last unmask the Golden State Killer.
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I couldn't put this down. Absolutely gripping. So glad he has finally been brought to justice.
its sad that the author died before knowing that the golden state killer has finally been caught and I hope she knew how much she helped and we appreciate her work
Fascinating - I wish McNamara had been able to finish the book, I wish she'd been able to see the DNA results finally yield a match, and I wish she'd been able to write many more books after this. Her style is engaging and vivid without ever being exploitative, a tough needle to thread when writing true crime. She seems like she would've been fun to hang out with and her personality really shines through in the book.
Gripping, emotional, and sometimes a little freaky, Michelle McNamara had me longing for more yet also feeling satisfied in my own hunt for answers. Read it, now.