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This is as much a self-portrait of an obsessive mind as it is a true crime book.

March 13, 2018 by narfna 4 Comments

I will not let this review defeat me! I will not! I have so much to say about this book I don’t know how to organize it, and I’m still not sure what I’m going to rate it even as I type this; and I’m still freaked out by it, and still sad, and I want the Golden State Killer caught, but what if he’s dead?? If he’s dead, we’re never going to catch him!! ARGGGGh. Okay, so I’ve been looking forward to this book […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: billy jensen, EAR ONS, east area rapist, Gillian Flynn, golden state killer, I'll be gone in the dark, Michelle McNamara, murder, narfna, Non-Fiction, original night stalker, Patton Oswalt, paul haynes, Rape, true crime

A True Crime Book and a Husband’s Tribute

March 8, 2018 by Jen K 12 Comments

I don’t usually read true crime – I remember reading a book in middle school which was basically an encyclopedia of famous serial killers but it wasn’t a subject matter that hooked me.  It might because it feels like the focus can too easily be on the serial killer to the detriment of the victims, and it can easily be forgotten that the victims were real living humans with lives and potential and not fictional characters.  I’ve read Capote’s In Cold Blood but that was […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Non-Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: golden state killer, I'll be gone in the dark, Michelle McNamara, true crime

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