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

I'm hit with a sense of sadness after reading this book, knowing that Michelle McNamara never lived to see the GSK/EAR/ONS caught after all her work on the case. I like to imagine how she would have felt after all this time, knowing that her investigating finally paid off, that the subject of her obsession was finally brought into the light. I also think that I feel this way because of the way that McNamara wrote. Despite the GSK being the subjec...read more

This book is so well written. I don’t think I’ve ever been so scared. It’s hard to believe that the killer was guilty of so many rapes and murders and I hadn’t heard of him before this book.

Michelle McNamara was an amazing writer. The descriptions of the neighborhoods in CA are reminiscent of Joan Didion’s writings. The descriptions of the crimes are scary and horrific.

The work that was done after she died is a great testament to the person she...read more

Breathtaking story and painfully sad that it is true. Amazing how Michelle doggedly investigated and horribly sad that she didn’t get to see him caught.

a modern true-crime classic

I feel like this book was well written. It provide information in a way that protected the victims but did not glorify the killer. It was really well written and I enjoyed learning from it and reading the author’s words.