I'll be gone in the dark: one woman's obsessive search for the Golden State Killer

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THE BASIS FOR THE MAJOR 6-PART HBO® DOCUMENTARY SERIES

#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 

Winner of the Goodreads Choice Awards for Nonfiction | Anthony Award Winner | SCIBA Book Award Winner | Finalist for the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime | 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.

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Flynn, Gillian Narrator, Author of introduction, etc
Flynn, Gillian,1971- writer of introduction, narrator., nrt
McNamara, Michelle Author
Oswalt, Patton Author of afterword, colophon, etc, Narrator
Oswalt, Patton,1969- narrator., nrt, writer of afterword
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9780062319784
9780062798695
9780062319791
9780062319807
9780062798701
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