I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: The price of pursuing endeavours that nourish us — and diminish us

I’ll Be Gone in the Dark is a psychological portrait of an artist. Its emotional hook lies not so much in the investigation involving the Golden State Killer as Michelle McNamara’s journey from true-crime blogger to full-time author. The emotional hook of I’ll Be Gone in the Dark lies not so much in the investigation itself as Michelle McNamara’s journey from true-crime blogger to full-time author. It juxtaposes McNamara’s deep-dive into the case with the anatomy of her research: a series of rapes in 1970s California, the social stigmas faced by the survivors, the detectives and dead ends. I had no idea this was a form of self-abuse – until Michelle McNamara’s final draft was incomplete.