“In the manuscript and on True Crime Diary, Michelle always found the perfect balance between the typical extremes of the genre. She didn’t flinch from evoking key elements of the horror and yet avoided lurid overindulgence in grisly details, as well as sidestepping self-righteous justice crusading or victim hagiography.”
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Michelle McNamara,
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer