📚 Book of the Day (#nonfiction #truecrime)
📖 "My Dark Places" 📖
by James Ellroy
🔍 A Gripping Memoir and Unsolved Murder Investigation
📘 About:
"My Dark Places" is both a deeply personal memoir and a harrowing investigation into the unsolved murder of the author's mother. Published in 1996, this book is written by James Ellroy, acclaimed author of noir crime novels like "L.A. Confidential." In "My Dark Places," Ellroy turns his narrative skills to the most haunting story of his life—the murder of Geneva Hilliker Ellroy in 1958.
The book starts with the traumatic event of discovering that his mother was murdered when Ellroy was just ten years old. The case went cold, leaving young Ellroy to grow up wrestling with the shadow this event cast over his life, impacting his relationships and his eventual spiraling into crime and substance abuse, before he found salvation in writing.
Years later, driven by a need for resolution and understanding, Ellroy partnered with a retired homicide detective, Bill Stoner, to reopen the investigation into his mother's death. "My Dark Places" is an account of their journey, combing through records, interviewing witnesses, and identifying suspects, illuminated by Ellroy’s sharp prose and deep emotional engagement.
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📖 "My Dark Places" 📖
by James Ellroy
🔍 A Gripping Memoir and Unsolved Murder Investigation
📘 About:
"My Dark Places" is both a deeply personal memoir and a harrowing investigation into the unsolved murder of the author's mother. Published in 1996, this book is written by James Ellroy, acclaimed author of noir crime novels like "L.A. Confidential." In "My Dark Places," Ellroy turns his narrative skills to the most haunting story of his life—the murder of Geneva Hilliker Ellroy in 1958.
The book starts with the traumatic event of discovering that his mother was murdered when Ellroy was just ten years old. The case went cold, leaving young Ellroy to grow up wrestling with the shadow this event cast over his life, impacting his relationships and his eventual spiraling into crime and substance abuse, before he found salvation in writing.
Years later, driven by a need for resolution and understanding, Ellroy partnered with a retired homicide detective, Bill Stoner, to reopen the investigation into his mother's death. "My Dark Places" is an account of their journey, combing through records, interviewing witnesses, and identifying suspects, illuminated by Ellroy’s sharp prose and deep emotional engagement.
👍 - I've read it
❤️ - I wanna read it