{"product_id":"ill-be-gone-in-the-dark-one-womans-obsessive-search-for-the-golden-state-killer-hardcover","title":"I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichelle McNamara\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGillian Flynn\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003ePatton Oswalt\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE BASIS FOR THE MAJOR 6-PART HBO(R) DOCUMENTARY SERIES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\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\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Goodreads Choice Awards for Nonfiction Anthony Award Winner SCIBA Book Award Winner Finalist for the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence\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\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction by Gillian Flynn - Afterword by Patton Oswalt\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A brilliant genre-buster. . . . Propulsive, can't-stop-now reading.\" --Stephen King\u003c\/strong\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. 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