| I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer Contributor(s): McNamara, Michelle (Author), Flynn, Gillian (Introduction by), Oswalt, Patton (Afterword by) |
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ISBN: 0062871307 ISBN-13: 9780062871305 Publisher: Harper Large Print OUR PRICE: $26.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - True Crime | Murder - Serial Killers - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Biography & Autobiography | Law Enforcement |
| Dewey: 364.153 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.50 lbs) 496 pages |
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| Publisher Description: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Washington Post Maureen Corrigan, NPR Paste Seattle Times Entertainment Weekly Esquire Slate Buzzfeed Jezebel Philadelphia Inquirer Publishers Weekly Kirkus Reviews Library Journal Bustle Mother Jones Real Simple Crime Reads Book Riot Bookish Amazon Barnes and Noble Hudson Booksellers New York Public Library Chicago Public Library Winner of the Goodreads Choice Awards for Nonfiction SCIBA Book Award Winner Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence
The haunting true story of the elusive serial rapist turned murderer who terrorized California during the 70s and 80s, and of the gifted journalist who died tragically while investigating the case--which was solved in April 2018. Introduction by Gillian Flynn - Afterword by Patton Oswalt"A brilliant genre-buster.... Propulsive, can't-stop-now reading." --Stephen King 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 has been hailed as a modern true crime classic--one which fulfilled Michelle's dream: helping unmask the Golden State Killer. |
Contributor Bio(s): McNamara, Michelle: - Michelle McNamara (1970-2016) was the author of the website True Crime Diary. She earned an MFA in fiction writing from the University of Minnesota, and had sold television pilots to ABC and Fox and a screenplay to Paramount. She also worked as a consultant for Dateline NBC. She lived in Los Angeles and is survived by her husband, Patton Oswalt, and their daughter, Alice. |