Gone at Midnight: The Tragic True Story Behind the Unsolved Internet Sensation
Feb 2020 · Citadel Press
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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 Hotel—a 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 he chronicles eye-opening discoveries about who Elisa Lam really was and what—or whom—she was running from, offering stunning new insights into one of the most chilling and obsessively followed true crime cases of the 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 Books
A Fortune magazine“Most Anticipated Books of the Year” Selection
A Goodreads Featured Release
An Oxygen Best True Crime Book of the Year
Twenty-one-year-old student Elisa Lam was last heard from on January 31, 2013, after she checked into downtown L.A.’s Cecil Hotel—a 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 he chronicles eye-opening discoveries about who Elisa Lam really was and what—or whom—she was running from, offering stunning new insights into one of the most chilling and obsessively followed true crime cases of the 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 Books
A Fortune magazine“Most Anticipated Books of the Year” Selection
A Goodreads Featured Release
An Oxygen Best True Crime Book of the Year
Ratings and reviews
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Christina Martinez
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December 24, 2023
very interesting and easy to read. I was stunned by some of the little known and talked about revelations related to LE handling of the elisa lam case. I very much like the discussion on destigmatizing mental illness and also not just using elisa's mental illness as a reason not to look deeper into her death. a good book to read.
Corinna Baker
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December 31, 2022
to much about the authors own demons
About the author
Jake Anderson is an investigative journalist, filmmaker, and author of the New York Times-featured true crime memoir, Gone At Midnight: The Mysterious Death of Elisa Lam. Jake is also a freelance editor who launched the website The Crime Wire. He is a UC Santa Cruz film school graduate and currently lives in Oregon with his girlfriend and puppy dog.
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