Review: I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara

Title: I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
Author: Michelle McNamara [Forward by Gillian Flynn]
Publisher: Harper
Publication Date: February 27, 2018
Edition: ebook (352 pages)
Genres:

• Nonfiction
• Crime
• True Crime

I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Journalist, Michelle McNamara, researched rapes and murders committed in California, extending over a decade. Elusive and cunning, always able to evade capture, she dubbed him The Golden State Killer. The book details what happened to these victims, and the work of many of the detectives involved in trying to solve these crimes.

This book was already on my TBR list. However, with the arrest of the alleged killer, I moved it to the top of the list. Michelle McNamara passed away in her sleep. Sadly she did not see the fruits of her labor completed. Certainly, she helped to keep interest in the case alive, and her efforts, I'm sure, gave victim's families continued hope that one day these crimes would be solved.

I read crime fiction and true crime books, often at night, mostly without fear or anxiety. But, I have to say, this one gave me pause. The brutality of these acts, their number, along with the description of the crimes, definitely caused me to read more of this book during the day.