{"product_id":"long-haul-hunting-the-highway-serial-killers-9780063265158","title":"Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A true-crime masterpiece.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003eDon Winslow, #1 bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Force, The Cartel, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCity on Fire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the FBI's former assistant director, a shocking journey to the dark side of America's highways, revealing the FBI Highway Serial Killings Initiative's hunt for the long-haul truckers behind an astonishing 850 murders-and rising.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2004, the FBI was tipped off to a gruesome pattern of unsolved murders along American roadways. Today at least 850 homicides have been linked to a solitary breed of predators: long-haul truck drivers. They have been given names like the \"Truck Stop Killer,\" who rigged a traveling torture chamber in the rear of his truck and is suspected to have killed fifty women, and \"The Interstate Strangler,\" who once answered a phone call from his mother while killing one of his dozen victims. The crisis was such that the FBI opened a special unit, the Highway Serial Killings Initiative. In many cases, the victims--often at-risk women--are picked up at truck stops in one jurisdiction, sexually assaulted and murdered in another, and dumped along a highway in a third place. The transient nature of the offenders and multiple jurisdictions involved make these cases incredibly difficult to solve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on his own on-the-ground research and drawing on his twenty-five-year career as an FBI special agent, Frank Figliuzzi investigates the most terrifying cases. He also rides in a big-rig with a long-haul trucker for thousands of miles, gaining an intimate understanding of the life and habits of drivers and their roadside culture. And he interviews the courageous trafficked victims of these crimes, and their inspiring efforts to now help others avoid similar fates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLong Haul\u003c\/em\u003e is a gripping exploration of a violent, disordered world hiding in plain sight, and the heroes racing to end the horror. It will forever unsettle how you travel on the road.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/28\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063265158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/04\/2024\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Frank Figliuzzi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43838794432693,"sku":"9780063265158","price":22.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_2d8f4d87-65f7-4cf7-ab05-ae0ae65ba278.jpg?v=1712029948","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/long-haul-hunting-the-highway-serial-killers-9780063265158","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}