BILLY JENSEN is an investigative journalist focused squarely on unsolved murders and missing persons. He helped finish Michelle McNamara's New York Times bestseller I'll Be Gone in the Dark after her untimely death.
"An intense, fascinating read for true crime lovers and newbies!" -
Patton Oswalt
"True crime is having a moment, and Jensen has helped make that
happen... this book will find an easy audience in true
crime-readers, "Murderinos" (My Favorite Murder cohost Karen
Kilgariff writes the foreword), and anyone fascinated with Michelle
McNamara, as well as wannabe detectives, who will be rewarded with
Jensen's guide to self-sleuthing.
" - Booklist
"In this engrossing memoir, journalist Jensen takes the reader on
his quest to hunt down killers using internet sleuthing and
crowdsourcing. For fans of true crime, this is a fascinating story"
- Publishers Weekly
"Part memoir, part how-to guide, Chase Darkness With Me includes
rules for responsible citizen detective work...Jensen has poured
nearly all of his free time and energy over the past three years
into crowd-sourcing criminal investigations. Some have yielded
answers and arrests, like when his social media blitz flushed out a
fugitive in the Nashville shooting of Teddy Grasset. Others are
still in progress... Even when he accumulated $20,000 in debt from
promoting his posts, he's never given up on a case." - Rolling
Stone
"Jensen can't stop. Though his crime solving work brings in money
through a podcast, his book and consulting for media companies, the
real payoff is catching a killer, which he describes as "like a
drug." At one point, he juggled 30 cases and rang up tens of
thousands of dollars in credit-card debt doing his job. But Jensen
has now played a part in clearing 10 homicides, and he hopes others
will join the cause." - New York Post
"Through his work, Jensen hopes not only to unearth witnesses and
crack cases, but to shift the focus from "propping up these killers
and fetishizing them." Instead, he wants to inspire a new
generation of true crime viewers and readers to become true crime's
superheroes." - Bustle
![]() |
Ask a Question About this Product More... |
![]() |