A detailed account of the Golden State Killer - the elusive serial rapist turned murderer who terrorized California for over a decade - by Michelle McNamara, a talented journalist who tragically died while writing her first book and researching it.

"I'll Be Gone in the Dark" offers a unique snapshot of the suburbs of the West Coast of the United States in the 1980s and a chilling reference to the wreckage left behind by a criminal mastermind. It is also the portrait of a woman's obsession and her relentless search for the truth, three decades later, at great personal cost. Framed by an introduction by Gillian Flynn and an afterword by Michelle McNamara's husband, Patton Oswalt, the book was completed by her lead researcher and a close collaborator after the author's death.

An engrossing book that stays etched in the mind for a long time, "I'll Be Gone in the Dark" is destined to become a classic in the true crime literature genre - and perhaps finally help unmask the Golden State Killer.