Book HackI'll Be Gone in the DarkBy Michelle McNamara, Gillian Flynn
In a Nutshell
Crime journalist Michelle McNamara's posthumous book, I'll Be Gone in the Dark, describes her relentless research into the true identity of the Golden State Killer, whose murders and rapes haunted Californians in the 1970s and 1980s.
Favorite Quote
This is how it ends for you. 'You'll be silent forever, and I'll be gone in the dark,' you threatened a victim once. Open the door. Show us your face. Walk into the light.
Michelle McNamara
Introduction
Can an ordinary citizen hunt down a serial killer?
True crime journalist Michelle McNamara devoted years of research to helping catch the killer and rapist known as the Golden State Killer.
Decades after his disappearance, thousands of citizens hoped to unmask the Golden State Killer once and for all.
Author of the popular blog True Crime Diary, McNamara died in April 2016 before this book, I'll Be Gone in the Dark, could be published.
McNamara's husband, actor Patton Oswalt, worked with investigative journalist Billy Jensen and writer Paul Haynes to complete and publish her work in 2018.
I'll Be Gone in the Dark is now an HBO documentary series based on McNamara's dedication to solving the Golden State Killer's case.
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