Completely unplanned, but this was the second book about a serial killer I've read this year, and it's ranking right behind the first. McNamara's title is so appropriate; her investigation into the East Area Rapist (EAR)/ Original Night Stalker (ONS) crimes that terrorized Sacramento and Orange County can only be described as obsessive. Her reporting is so vividly detailed that it frequently sent chills down my spine reading about these terrible crimes. In the end, McNamara passed away before the culprit was determined and caught, but her work undoubtedly contributed, if not directly. As an aside, while I may often consider some places I've lived in to be unsafe, I cannot fathom living in the 1970s/80s with spikes in violent crime and under a constant threat of strangers prowling and breaking into my home.