Description: Gone at Midnight : The Mysterious Death of Elisa Lam, Hardcover by Anderson, Jake, ISBN 0806540052, ISBN-13 9780806540054, Brand New, Free shipping in the US A Fortune Magazine 'most Anticipated Books of 2020' Selection A Goodreads Featured Release for February 2020 Oxygen's List of 'Best True Crims of 2020' Selection 'the Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles is a palpable presence in Gone at Midnight: The Mysterious death of Elisa Lam by Jake Anderson' While allowing for other possible interpretations (and minimizing the daunting logistics), Anderson believes that Lam was murdered, the victim of a 'traumatic sexual attack' by one or more assailants. Or something. Given the checkered history of the Cecil Hotel (which was recently named to the Los Angeles registry of historic landmarks), I wouldn't rule out Jack the Ripper.' 'the New York Times A Los Angeles hotel with a haunting history. A missing young woman. A disturbing video followed by a shocking discovery. A cold-case mystery that has become an internet phenomenon'and for one determined journalist, a life-changing quest toward uncomfortable truths. Perfect for Murderinos looking for their next fix' Twenty-one-year-old Vancouver student Elisa Lam was last heard from on January 31, 2013, after she checked into downtown .'s Cecil Hotel'a 600-room building with a nine-decade history of scandal and tragedy. The next day, Elisa vanished. A search of the hotel yielded nothing. More than a week later, complaints by guests of foul-smelling tap water led to a grim discovery: Elisa's nude body floating in a rooftop water tank, in an area extremely difficult to access without setting off alarms. The only apparent clue was a disturbing surveillance video of Elisa, uploaded to YouTube in hopes of public assistance. As the eerie elevator video went viral, so did the questions of its tens of millions of viewers. Was Elisa's death caused by murder, suicide, or paranormal activity? Was it connected to the Cecil's sinister reputation? And in that video, what accounted for Elisa's strange behavior? With the help of web sleuths and investigators from around the world, journalist Jake Anderson set out to uncover the facts behind a death that had become a macabre internet meme, as well as a magnet for conspiracy theorists. In poring through Elisa's revealing online journals and social-media posts, Anderson realized he shared more in common with the young woman than he imagined. His search for justice and truth became a personal journey, a dangerous descent into one of America's quiet epidemics. Along the way, he exposed a botched investigation and previously unreported disclosures from inside sources who suggest there may have been a corporate conspiracy and a police cover-up. In Gone at Midnight, Anderson chronicles eye-opening discoveries about who Elisa Lam really was and what'or whom'she was running from, and presents shocking new evidence that may re-open one of the most chilling and obsessively followed true crime cases of the century. 'Outstanding'true crime buffs won't want to miss this gripping search for the truth." 'Publishers Weekly STARRED REVIEW
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Book Title: Gone AT Midnight : the Tragic True Story Behind the Unsolved Internet Sensation
Item Length: 9.3in
Item Height: 1.3in
Item Width: 6.5in
Author: Jake Anderson
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Women, Murder / General, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Idaho, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY)
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation
Publication Year: 2020
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, True Crime, History
Item Weight: 19.4 Oz
Number of Pages: 368 Pages
