I'll Be Gone in the Dark
- 368
- Pages
- about 7 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 16 weeks on the list, peaked at #1
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Our view
“I’ll Be Gone in the Dark” is as much about the hunter as the hunted, and McNamara’s obsession with the case is half its subject. Her account of a serial criminal in 1980s suburban California is haunting and formidably researched. Some readers would prefer less of the author in the frame, or wish the investigation closed more neatly. What stays is the question of why unsolved crimes take hold of people.
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About the book
I'll Be Gone in the Dark offers a unique snapshot of suburban West Coast America in the 1980s, and a chilling account of the wreckage left behind by a criminal mastermind. It is also a portrait of one woman's obsession and her unflagging pursuit of the truth, three decades later, in spite of the personal cost. Updated with material which takes in the extraordinary events that followed its initial publication, Michelle McNamara's first and last book is a contemporary classic - humane, haunting and heroic.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.1 across 573 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 80% of the weight and the score stays at 8.1 — the Rankings average of 8.2 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.8 | 23 | 4% |
| Hardcover | 8.1 | 550 | 96% |
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