Chase Darkness with Me

How One True Crime Writer Started Solving Murders

By: Billy Jensen, Karen Kilgariff - foreword

Narrated by: Karen Kilgariff, Billy Jensen

Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins

Publisher's summary

Have you ever wanted to solve a murder? Gather the clues the police overlooked. Put together the pieces. Identify the suspect. 

Journalist Billy Jensen spent 15 years investigating unsolved murders, fighting for the families of victims. Every story he wrote had one thing in common - it didn’t have an ending. The killer was still out there. 

But after the sudden death of a friend, crime writer Michelle McNamara, Billy became fed up. Following a dark night, he came up with a plan. A plan to investigate past the point when the cops have given up. A plan to solve the murders himself. 

In Chase Darkness with Me, you’ll ride shotgun as Billy identifies the Halloween Mask Murderer, finds a missing girl in the California Redwoods, and investigates the only other murder in New York City on 9/11. You’ll hear intimate details of the hunts for two of the most terrifying serial killers in history: his friend Michelle’s pursuit of the Golden State Killer which is chronicled in I’ll Be Gone In The Dark which Billy helped finish after Michelle’s passing, and his own quest to find the murderer of the Allenstown 4 family. 

And Billy gives you the tools - and the rules - to help solve murders yourself. 

Gripping, complex, unforgettable, Chase Darkness with Me is an examination of the evil forces that walk among us, illustrating a novel way to catch those killers, and a true crime narrative unlike any you’ve listened to before. 

With a foreword by Karen Kilgariff of My Favorite Murder. 

©2019 Billy Jensen (P)2019 Audible Originals, LLC.

Great mix of true crime and autobiography

I LOVED this book! I am already a big fan of Billy Jensen, so I waited (very impatiently) for my credit to come in before immediately buying this book and binge listening. Billy's stories are so interesting, and, in this time of true crime inundation, the book is surprisingly refreshing in how it approaches true crime storytelling, and in Billy's citizen detective worldview. And of course, the GSK behind-the-scenes is amazing! Would read a book 1000x this length! More, please!!!

Brilliant

Thank you for this book.
I read Michelle’s book in a week... I’m a slow reader. I devoured every word. I am a murderino. Thank you. Thank you so much for this book.
If you like true crime and you might be thinking about putting the rubber to the road - this is your sign.

Love it

I could not stop listening! From start to finish this book kept me fully engrossed. Very well written and beautifully narrated! You can feel the emotion and care with every single story and it made me so happy there are people like this out there helping in any way possible.

My new hero

Billy Jensen, citizen investigator, has only a few million more murders to solve. Now that Michelle McNamara is gone, he wants my help, and yours too. Fascinating read, offering the best explanation ever for why we read true crime: we want to see order restored. A must for fans of “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark.”

Perfect for any True Crime Junkie

I loved Billy Jensen before I started listening to his book BUT it is NOT a prerequisite for enjoyment! Anyone obsessed with true crime will instantly fall in love with Billy and want to listen to the entire story as quickly as possible. What are you waiting for?!

The name Billy Jensen had me sold!!!

I absolutely loved this and finished in 2 1/2 days. He tells his story so eloquently that I was hooked 3 lines in
If you love true crime this is a jem!! Then go listen to The Murder Squad .

Deputized

I binged through Billy’s phenomenal book and it truly inspired me to get loud and get going on helping solve cold cases. I can’t wait to get started! Consider this listener (and reader if it gets published into a real book, I definitely would love a copy to hold in my hands!), deputized!

such a great book

loved it. Full of intrigue. Very tastefully written and narrated. so glad I had the opportunity to listen.

Required reading for any true crime enthusiast

This book, read by the author himself, is going to start a revolution in the true crime world that is currently at the forefront of pop culture. Jensen's inspiring, although at times heartbreaking, autobiographical account of his career as an investigative journalist and citizen sleuth keeps you engaged and wanting more. After listening to this book, there's no doubt that one informed and committed citizen can help solve crimes and bring closure to families.

Jonesing for Jensen!

Billy Jensen breathes life into this book about his journey into True Crime. He is so enthralling and engaging that you almost feel like you are just having a conversation sitting across from him over coffee. His enthusiasm for genuinely wanting to help solve crime and give loved ones closure makes you want to jump right in and help him. If you are a lover of true crime, this book is for you!