Book description
Billy Jensen's Chase Darkness with Me is the true-crime audiobook equivalent of showing up to a murder mystery dinner party with a shovel and a flashlight-you're not just listening, you're digging. Jensen, a journalist who's spent more than a decade elbow-deep in unsolved cases, doesn't just tell stories; he drags you behind the scenes of real investigations, then hands you a flashlight and says, "Your turn."
This isn't your typical armchair detective fare. Jensen's voice-both literally, as the narrator, and figuratively, through his writing-carries the weight of someone who's stared too long into the abyss, but still cracks jokes about it. His partnership with the late Michelle McNamara, and his subsequent decision to take her unfinished work and run with it like a bat out of hell, is both touching and darkly comic. You get the sense that if solving murders were an Olympic sport, Jensen would be that guy who shows up in homemade gear and somehow wins.
The audiobook shines brightest when Jensen leans into the absurdity of crowdsourcing homicide investigations. Who knew that solving murders could involve so many Reddit threads and so little sleep? Jensen doesn't just recount his cases-he walks you through his process with the enthusiasm of a conspiracy theorist and the rigor of a journalist who's probably broken a few laws along the way.
If there's a flaw, it's that Jensen sometimes sounds like he's one all-nighter away from becoming the very kind of paranoid loner he's trying to stop. But maybe that's the point. Chase Darkness with Me is a wild, occasionally chaotic ride that somehow makes you believe that, yes, you could help solve a murder. Just don't expect to sleep much afterward.
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Magenta
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Playing a wide variety of audio formats
Works on all devices with iOS 13 and newer
Huge amount of features for a small price
Frequent updates to add new features and improve existing ones
Advanced playback controls
Live sound processing
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice and noise reduction
Translated into more than 20 languages
If you love listening to fiction audiobooks, ListenBook has features to make the process easier.
Edit book data: title, author, cover
Use equalizer to make the sound comfortable for you
Adjust the playback speed
Enjoy dark and light app themes
Supported formats: MP3, M4B, AWB, FLAC, OGG audio files and many more (must be DRM free)
Auto-Bookmarks make it easy to find your place
AirPlay support allows redirection of audio output.
VoiceOver support
Dark mode for night owls
Convenient bookmarking system helps you mark the most important places.
Unlimited bookmarks for each audiobook
Put your own cover on the wager
Share your audiobook with friends
Lock-screen control
Customise app with extensive options
Sleep timer with shake to reset, set custom notification sounds, and a few unique options
Auto rewind depending on paused time, customize rewind times to your liking
Removing background noise from recordings made in classrooms and meetings
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice for a better listening experience