Introduction by Gillian Flynn Afterword by Patton Oswalt A masterful true crime account of the Golden State Killer--the elusive serial rapist turned murderer who terrorized California for over a decade--from Michelle Mc Namara, the gifted journalist who died tragically while investigating the case.``You\'ll be silent forever, and I\'ll be Gone in the dark.``For 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.
Framed by an introduction by Gillian Flynn and an afterword by her husband, Patton Oswalt, the book was completed by Michelle\'s lead research.
It is also a portrait of a woman\'s obsession and her unflagging pursuit of the truth.
I\'ll Be Gone in the Dark--the masterpiece Mc Namara 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.
Though they could not recognize him, his victims recalled his voice: a guttural whisper through clenched teeth, abrupt and threatening.
He attacked while they slept, using a flashlight to awaken and blind them.
After choosing a victim--he favored suburban couples--he often entered their home when no one was there, studying family pictures, mastering the layout.
He always wore a mask.
At the time of the crimes, the Golden State Killer was between the ages of eighteen and thirty, Caucasian, and athletic--capable of vaulting tall fences. 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.
Three decades later, Michelle Mc Namara, a true crime journalist who created the popular website True Crime Diary.
Then he disappeared, eluding capture by multiple police forces and some of the best detectives in the area.
Introduction by Gillian Flynn Afterword by Patton Oswalt A masterful true crime account of the Golden State Killer--the elusive serial rapist turned murderer who terrorized California for over a decade--from Michelle Mc Namara, the gifted journalist who died tragically while investigating the case.``You\'ll be silent forever, and I\'ll be Gone in the dark.``For 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
