When Billy Jensen was a kid, his dad used to tell a story about how he had punched a cop and the police circulated a flyer asking who the man was. His father had failed to give his real name, and only provided the fake one from his ID. Fast forward to journalist Billy Jensen finding out how much he loved mysteries. This transformed into a career solving cold case murders with the help of Facebook.
Chase Darkness With me is part memoir and part exploration of true crimes solved with the help of social media. Jensen covers the Allenstown Four, the Halloween Mask Murder, a fugitive in Mexico, and his work with Michelle McNamara on the Golden State Killer. Jensen would go on to help finish Michelle’s book, I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, when she passed away suddenly in her sleep. Fans of the podcast My Favorite Murder will love the foreword written by Karen Kilgariff as well. Chase Darkness With Me is the type of book that you can finish on an afternoon if you’re a fast reader as it is extremely captivating.
Chase Darkness With Me is available on August 17th in print, or in audiobook format now.
