Lost Girls

Good book, meticulously written.

It tells the story of 5 girls who come from difficult backgrounds, become sex workers, and are murdered on Long Island by a killer (caught in 2023, thankfully). The journalist reconstructs their stories very very well, the details, and the families’ pain, really making you step into these heavy stories. The point is not the killer and the investigation, the point is how the family and loved ones interact with the tragedy.

The first part is outstanding, then it loses me a bit because there are many characters and I do not follow them very well, since the focus shifts often. But the narration is excellent. The relatives, like Mari, are nuanced figures described perfectly. I hope that now with the arrest they have some peace. A heavy story.