I am not much of a true crime fan, but I am a huge fan of Patton Oswalt. When his wife passed away his honesty regarding his grief was something to respect. So when I saw that his late wife's book was going to be published and it was getting a ton of positive buzz, well I was interested.
I'll Be Gone In The Dark is just as much about Michelle McNamara and her obsession with the dark world of true crime as it is about the serial rapist and killer that eluded police for more than thirty years. Michelle tells about a girl in her community being murdered when she was a kid and how her curiosity about the morbid spiraled from there. She also talks about her extensive research, her website, True Crime Diary, and her life married to a famous actor. But mostly, she talks about the man she dubbed "Golden State Killer". She made it her mission in life to find this man. And in April of 2018, they did find him. After decades. And many say that it was because of her exhaustive research that he was found.
Bottom Line - Like I said, I am not generally a fan of True Crime. But I will say that I thoroughly enjoyed I'll Be Gone In The Dark. One by one McNamara's carefully tells the stories of the victims in a respectful, yet chilling way. I'll Be Gone In The Dark is a well-written break from the books usually found on my reading list. Have you read it yet, what were your thoughts?
Details:
- I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara
- True Crime Diary
- Pages: 352
- HarperCollins
- Publication Date: 2/27/2018
- Buy it Here!
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