Description
When Shannan Gilbert disappears after a frantic encounter in the Long Island community of Oak Beach, the case initially attracts little attention—until the discovery of multiple bodies exposes the possibility of a serial killer. Through exhaustive reporting and intimate interviews with families, friends, investigators, and residents, this haunting work reconstructs the lives of the women whose deaths were too easily dismissed because they worked as online escorts. It is both a gripping account of an unsolved criminal investigation and a powerful examination of society’s indifference toward sex workers, the failures of law enforcement, and the enduring devotion of families seeking justice. Humanizing, meticulous, and deeply unsettling, the narrative reveals the people behind the headlines and the communities forever changed by their loss.
Available Editions
paperback
Harper Perennial
Published Jan 28, 2020
432 pages
ISBN: 9780063012950
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Details
First Published
2013
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Lost Girls by Robert Kolker.