I'll Be Gone in the Dark

ePUB

English language

Published Feb. 1, 2018 by HarperCollins.

ISBN:: 978-0-06-231980-7

(2 reviews)

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 …

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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Kadomi reviewed I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara

Review of "I'll Be Gone in the Dark" on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

I haven't really dipped my toes into the pool of true crime so far, but after watching season 1 of Mindhunter on Netflix, I thought I should give it a try. What can I say, it was mesmerizing and horrifying in same amounts. I now feel like I grew up in a sheltered way because I cannot recall serial rapists of such a kind here in Germany.

Michelle McNamara meticulously researched the Golden State Killer, following his trail of rape and murder across California. I am heartbroken for her that she did not live to see him arrested. I am jubilant that they got him, especially the way they got him using exactly the method that the author was working on herself, submitting his DNA to web databases.

It's tough to say that I enjoyed this gruesome investigation, because it's not fictionalized, more than 50 women suffered, and in the …

I haven't really dipped my toes into the pool of true crime so far, but after watching season 1 of Mindhunter on Netflix, I thought I should give it a try. What can I say, it was mesmerizing and horrifying in same amounts. I now feel like I grew up in a sheltered way because I cannot recall serial rapists of such a kind here in Germany.

Michelle McNamara meticulously researched the Golden State Killer, following his trail of rape and murder across California. I am heartbroken for her that she did not live to see him arrested. I am jubilant that they got him, especially the way they got him using exactly the method that the author was working on herself, submitting his DNA to web databases.

It's tough to say that I enjoyed this gruesome investigation, because it's not fictionalized, more than 50 women suffered, and in the cases of the EAR a lot of their partners were traumatized too. But I enjoyed it. Would recommend if you are interested in true crime, definitely.

Esteban Torres

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Sept. 22, 2018