{"product_id":"ill-be-gone-in-the-dark-one-womans-obsessive-search-for-the-golden-state-killer-9780062871305","title":"I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Maureen Corrigan, \u003cem\u003eNPR \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003ePaste \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eSeattle Times \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eEsquire \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eSlate \u003c\/em\u003e Buzzfeed \u003cem\u003eJezebel \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eBustle \u003c\/em\u003eMother Jones \u003cem\u003eReal Simple\u003c\/em\u003e Crime Reads Book Riot Bookish Amazon Barnes and Noble Hudson Booksellers New York Public Library Chicago Public Library\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Goodreads Choice Awards for Nonfiction SCIBA Book Award Winner \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLonglisted for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction by Gillian Flynn -\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Afterword by Patton Oswalt\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A brilliant genre-buster.... Propulsive, can't-stop-now reading.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\" --Stephen King\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cem\u003eI'll Be Gone in the Dark\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e--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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcNamara, Michelle:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eMichelle McNamara (1970-2016) was the author of the website \u003cem\u003eTrue Crime Diary\u003c\/em\u003e. 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 \u003cem\u003eDateline NBC\u003c\/em\u003e. She lived in Los Angeles and is survived by her husband, Patton Oswalt, and their daughter, Alice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Large Print","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51811641229586,"sku":"9780062871305","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3bff0681-fea0-4038-97cf-e220837efb94.jpg?v=1766487172","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/ill-be-gone-in-the-dark-one-womans-obsessive-search-for-the-golden-state-killer-9780062871305","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}