Dirty John and other true stories of outlaws and outsiders

Since its release in fall 2017, the 'Dirty John' podcast - about a conman who terrorizes a Southern California family - has been downloaded more than 20 million times, and will soon premiere as a scripted drama on Bravo starring Connie Britton and Eric Bana.

The story, which also ran as a print series in the Los Angeles Times, wasn't unfamiliar terrain to its writer, Christopher Goffard.

Over two decades at newspapers from Florida to California, Goffard has reported probingly on the shadowy, unseen corners of society.

This book gathers together 'Dirty John' and the rest of his very best work.