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A review by shereadytoread
Long Haul by Frank Figliuzzi
2.0
This book didn't deliver on its premise. At it's core, it is about the HSK (Highway Serial Killings) Initiative in the FBI, but it didn't have enough information to sustain that premise for even the short 250+ page book. Seven of the 20 chapters, are just the author riding the highways with a trucker named Mike. Mike is a bit misogynistic and as the author reminds us, knows nothing about highway killers and seems to forget that's what the author is researching part of the time. There is a lot of filler about sex work on the highways (which is at least related to the typical victim profile) and interviews with women who were involved in truck-stop sex work in the past.
The information about actual Highway Killers is very surface level and the information about the investigations is pretty limited. The book is primarily a look at long-haul trucking and the different people that are connected to it in various ways which the author then connects back to the HSK. There was some interesting information about interstate investigations and how limited it is because providing the information is optional and tedious. It felt like the author wanted to write a book about the HSK but didn't have enough information to fill a book, and just gave other trucking and crime-related information to fill it out.
Disclaimer: I received this book for free from the publisher.
The information about actual Highway Killers is very surface level and the information about the investigations is pretty limited. The book is primarily a look at long-haul trucking and the different people that are connected to it in various ways which the author then connects back to the HSK. There was some interesting information about interstate investigations and how limited it is because providing the information is optional and tedious. It felt like the author wanted to write a book about the HSK but didn't have enough information to fill a book, and just gave other trucking and crime-related information to fill it out.
Disclaimer: I received this book for free from the publisher.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Sexual violence
Minor: Sexism