Gone at Midnight (eBook)

The Tragic True Story Behind the Unsolved Internet Sensation

Jake Anderson (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2020
352 Seiten
Citadel Press (Verlag)
978-0-8065-4007-8 (ISBN)

Infos

A missing young woman. A Los Angeles hotel with a haunting history. A perplexing real-life mystery. With stunning new insights and impeccable research, investigative journalist Jake Anderson explores the case that captivated a nation and inspired the Netflix series Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel! Exclusive interviews and photos included. Twenty-one-year-old student Elisa Lam was last heard from on January 31, 2013, after she checked into downtown L.A.'s Cecil Hotela 600-room building with a nine-decade history of scandal and tragedy. The next day, Elisa vanished. More than a week later, guests' complaints of poor water quality led to a grim discovery: Elisa's nude body floating in a rooftop water tank. The only clue was a disturbing elevator video of Elisa, uploaded to YouTube in a plea for public assistance. As the video went viral, journalist Jake Anderson set out to uncover the facts. In Gone at Midnight hechronicles eye-opening discoveries about who Elisa Lam really was and whator whomshe was running from, offering stunning new insights intoone of the most chilling and obsessively followed true crimecases ofthe century. ';Outstanding . . . What really happened to Lam may never be known, but true crime buffs won't want to miss this gripping search for the truth.' Publishers Weekly STARRED REVIEW';Extremely detailed and featuring new evidence. . . . Anderson's thorough research and passionate writing make a fascinating read.'--Booklist';Gone at Midnight is the type of true crime book that you stay up all night reading.'--New York Journal of BooksA Fortune magazine';Most Anticipated Books of the Year' Selection A Goodreads Featured Release An Oxygen Best True Crime Book of the Year

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.3.2020
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Politik / Gesellschaft
• Schlagworte: American • autobiographies • Autobiography • Biographies • biographies of famous people • Biography • books for women • California • cecil hotel • conspiracies • conspiracy • cover ups • creepy • Crime • crime books • crime scene, the vanishing at the cecil hotel • Criminal psychology • Death • Documentary • docuseries • elisa lam • FBI • Feminism • gifts for women • Historical Biographies • Investigations • jake anderson • killing • Law and Order • Los Angeles • MaliceAforethought • Memoirs • Murder • murder and mayhem • Netflix • Netflix Series • Online • Pop culture • Prison • Research • stay on main • Supernatural • The Anti-Media • the cecil hotel • The Ghost Diaries • True Crime • true crime books • True stories • True story • true story books • United States • Video • Viral • viral video • water tower • Women • women gifts
• ISBN-10: 0-8065-4007-9 / 0806540079
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8065-4007-8 / 9780806540078