Lost Girls Lost Girls

Lost Girls

    • 3.6 • 136 Ratings
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Publisher Description

“Rother is the next Ann Rule.” —Gregg Olsen

Chelsea King was a popular high school senior, an outstanding achiever determined to make a difference. Fourteen-year-old Amber Dubois loved books and poured her heart into the animals she cared for. Treasured by all who knew them, both girls disappeared in San Diego County, just eight miles and one year apart. The families’ anguish galvanized the community and captivated the media. A desperate search led authorities to John Albert Gardner, a brutal predator, convicted sex offender hiding in plain sight—and a complex man whose own mother, a psychiatric nursing professional, failed to see the signs of trouble.
 
Ultimately, Gardner shared a prison unit with Charles Manson. In 2010, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed Chelsea's Law: anyone convicted of certain sex offenses against a child in California would get life in prison without parole. Based on Pulitzer-nominated author Caitlin Rother’s exclusive access, Lost Girls is an incisive, heartbreaking true-life thriller that strikes at our deepest fears.
 
“A a cautionary tale and a horror story, done superbly.”
Los Angeles Times

 
“A terrifying portrait of a man who was sweet and cuddly one day and a crazed killer the next.”
San Diego Reader
 
“Gripping . . . chilling . . . a must-read.”
Sue Russell

 
“Boldly dissects how a boy with psychological problems formed into a man indifferent to his monstrous acts.”
Katherine Ramsland

 
“Caitlin Rother stirs up the lethal stew of family dysfunction, mental illness, substance abuse and deadly psychopathology. . . . Frank and riveting.”
Diane Fanning

 
 
Includes dramatic photos
 

GENRE
Nonfiction
RELEASED
2011
October 24
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
384
Pages
PUBLISHER
Pinnacle Books
SELLER
Kensington Publishing Corp.
SIZE
2.1
MB

Customer Reviews

Devilphrog77 ,

Good read

The book was good I couldn't put it down til the end. However I would have liked more details about the killings. I live in RB within walking distance of where king was killed. If more details were in the book I would have rated it 5 stars.

DarkParadise760 ,

Fascinating and excellent read!

This one of the best true crime books I’ve read in a long time, complete page turner. Was definitely a hard book to put down.

Hopefulb ,

Mom

As a mom with child with a mental disease. I understand his mom. We want to believe our child will not do something this wrong but I have to say I worried about son. He is doing very good on medication but you still worry! I am sorry for the parent's of these girls but I feel this story tells how hard we mother's try to prevent something bad from happening. I am also a nurse who worked with mental patients for years and my son was dx as being bipolar. No matter what you do it is never enough.

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