
The Golden State Killer Case
by William Thorp
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Pub Date Mar 11 2025 | Archive Date Feb 28 2025
Penzler Publishers | Crime Ink
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Description
Just two months earlier, the publication of I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara had rocked the world of true crime. Published two years after her death, the book charts McNamara’s obsessive search for the prolific criminal who had been known over the years as the East Area Rapist, the Original Night Stalker, and the Visalia Ransacker, among other epithets. McNamara is credited with coining the “Golden State Killer” moniker and heightening public awareness of the—at the time—still unsolved case.
William Thorp dives into the investigation, exploring the dark side of sunny California, the advances in forensic innovation that made solving this case possible, and the story inside the story—one of an amateur sleuth who dedicated the last years of her life to understanding how one of the country’s worst criminals could have spent so many decades undetected.
50 States of Crime: France’s leading true crime journalists investigate America’s most notorious cases, one for every state in the Union, offering up fresh perspectives on famously storied crimes and reflecting, in the process, a dark national legacy that leads from coast to coast.
Available Editions
EDITION | Other Format |
ISBN | 9781613166314 |
PRICE | $15.99 (USD) |
PAGES | 288 |
Available on NetGalley
Featured Reviews

This was another winner in the Fifty States of Crime series, it had what I enjoyed from the Alice Grimmins book, it was interesting to learn about this crime. It was written well and worked with the true crime genre. It was just as respectful and glad it left me wanting to read more.

I would like to thank Penzler Publishers for giving me an eARC of this book!
I love reading about true crime and this book was a wonderful way to get this information.
The way William was able to write about the experience of those involved was engaging but incredibly respectful. It was so well done that I would have stuck around for another 100 pages.
I can't wait to see what cases are picked for the rest of the states!
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