Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery

Along a desolate stretch of road on Long Island's South Shore, police searching for a missing escort made a shocking discovery: the remains of four young women, their bodies wrapped in burlap, discarded like trash, hidden in the high marsh grasses. This was the Gilgo Beach case, and these young women have never been forgotten. Robert Kolker's deeply moving book gives voice to five young women who were victims of the Gilgo Beach serial killer, placing them at the center of their own story. Rather than focusing on the killer, Kolker tells the stories of the victims — Shannan, Melissa, Megan, Amber, and Maureen — and the families they left behind.