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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 Hotela 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 hechronicles eye-opening discoveries about who Elisa Lam really was and whator whomshe was running from, offering stunning new insights intoone of the most chilling and obsessively followed true crimecases ofthe 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 BooksA Fortune magazine';Most Anticipated Books of the Year' Selection A Goodreads Featured Release An Oxygen Best True Crime Book of the Year