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Crime writer Michelle McNamara had spent years researching and writing about the case of the Golden State Killer . The wife of comedian Patton Oswalt was working on a book that she hoped would bring the as-yet-unidentified serial rapist and murderer to justice. Sadly, McNamara died in her sleep in April 2016 , leaving her book unfinished.

But in the months following her death, Oswalt made it clear that he would ensure that her work was completed and published . And Oswalt kept that promise.

On Tuesday, HarperCollins released McNamaras book, Ill Be Gone in the Dark: One Womans Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer .

And early Tuesday, Oswalt honored his late wife by bringing a copy of the book to her gravesite.

You did it, baby , Oswalt wrote on Twitter. The book is excellent, the writing brilliant. You tried to bring kindness to chaos, which was your way.

You did it, baby. The book is excellent, the writing brilliant. You tried to bring kindness to chaos, which was your way. #IllBeGoneInTheDark #MichelleMcNamara pic.twitter.com/xUKgEXOmR7

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You did it, baby. The book is excellent, the writing brilliant. You tried to bring kindness to chaos, which was your way. #IllBeGoneInTheDark #MichelleMcNamara pic.twitter.com/xUKgEXOmR7
Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) February 27, 2018

Oswalt has expressed hope that McNamaras book will help solve the mystery of the Golden State Killers identity .

I cant help feeling that somewhere, in her final pages, she left enough clues for someone to finish the job she couldnt to put Californias worst serial killer behind bars, he wrote last year. It is an intense, fascinating read.

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