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Gone at midnight : the mysterious death of Elisa Lam / Jake Anderson.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780806540054 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: xi, 352 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York, NY : Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp., [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-338) and index. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Murder > California > Los Angeles > Case studies. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | 364.15230979494 And | 31681010188126 | NONFIC | Available | - |
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The case that captivated a nation and inspired the Netflix series Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel!
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A Fortune Magazine âMost Anticipated Books of 2020â Selection
A Goodreads Featured Release for February 2020
Oxygenâs List of âBest True Crime Books of 2020â Selection
âThe Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles is a palpable presence in Gone at Midnight. Given the checkered history of the Cecil Hotel (which was recently named to the Los Angeles registry of historic landmarks), I wouldnât rule out Jack the Ripper.â
âThe New York Times
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âOutstanding…true crime buffs wonât want to miss this gripping search for the truth.â
âPublishers Weekly STARRED REVIEW
A Los Angeles hotel with a haunting history. A missing young woman. A disturbing viral video followed by a shocking discovery. A cold-case mystery that has become an internet phenomenonâand for one determined journalist, a life-changing quest toward uncomfortable truths. Perfect for Murderinos looking for their next fix…
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Twenty-one-year-old Vancouver student Elisa Lam was last heard from on January 31, 2013, after she checked into downtown L.A.âs Cecil Hotelâa 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: Elisaâs 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.
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As the eerie elevator video went viral, so did the questions of its tens of millions of viewers. Was Elisaâs death caused by murder, suicide, or paranormal activity? Was it connected to the Cecilâs sinister reputation? And in that video, what accounted for Elisaâs 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.
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In poring through Elisaâs 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 whatâor whomâshe 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.
