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We Die in the Dark
The Hunt for Serial Killers in the Secret City Beneath Las Vegas
We Die in the Dark
The Hunt for Serial Killers in the Secret City Beneath Las Vegas
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Description
FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF STOLEN FOCUS AND LOST CONNECTIONS
Beneath the dazzling lights of Las Vegas lies a secret city that even the police are afraid to enter. In a vast labyrinth of sewage tunnels directly below the Strip, more than a thousand homeless people live in darkness. For years, they have been invisible to the millions who pass through the casinos, hotels and nightclubs above.
When bestselling author and journalist Johann Hari began to venture into this mirror-world of makeshift homes and unwritten rules in 2011, he discovered something strange. People living in the tunnels kept disappearing, and nobody knew why. Over fifteen years of reporting – with unprecedented access to police files, prosecution and defence lawyers, and the families of the missing – Hari uncovered a horrifying truth. The homeless were being hunted by serial killers.
As he follows the trail in an effort to expose those responsible, Hari encounters an extraordinary cast of Vegas outsiders and eccentrics. The mayor who befriended one of the worst serial killers in American history. The first person ever convicted of attempting to kill a mannequin. A Korean doomsday cult warning that a nuclear holocaust is on the horizon. And, in a chilling final confrontation, he comes face to face with the murderers themselves.
At once a gripping true crime investigation and a haunting portrait of a city in rapid decline, We Die in the Dark reveals a hidden side of America where the vulnerable can disappear without trace and killers can move unseen – and drags it blinking into the light.
Product details
| Published | 25 Mar 2027 |
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| Format | Audiobook |
| Duration | 6 hours and 40 minutes |
| ISBN | 9781037200519 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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The best books in the true crime genre go far beyond descriptions of horrific crimes to probe the cultural inequities which too often doom the most helpless among us. We Die in the Dark, Johann Hari's brilliantly researched and written account of a killing spree targeting the homeless in Las Vegas, is, quite simply, the best of the best. It is stunning to read, and, afterward, impossible to forget
JEFF GUINN, author of Manson and The Road to Jonestown
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A staggering work of non fiction - a suspenseful thriller, a heartbreaking novel, a scathing expose on the cruel underworld of America. One of the most powerful books I have ever read
V (EVE ENSLER), author of The Vagina Monologues
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Hari dives deep into one of the most troubling environments imaginable. Las Vegas emerges as the birthplace of all that is darkest in human experience - almost as a serial killer in its own right. He reminds as - as ever - that only love counts. It's a harrowing read, unforgettably haunting and yet precise. An extraordinary feat of journalism and connection
EMMA THOMPSON
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We Die in the Dark is many stories in one: tragedy, history, dystopia, crime, mystery, love. Curious, kind, and compassionate to all he encounters, Hari is a superb guide through this complicated terrain. We Die in the Dark might just be his best work
GABRIELLE ZEVIN, author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
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A gripping and harrowing story that is at once about an unforgettable cast of characters and about a culture unraveling at warp speed. Hari is dogged detective, digging for years to crack the case, and a deep empath, bringing victim and perpetrator alive on the page. This is an utterly unique masterwork -- I disappeared into it completely, unable to put it down.
NAOMI KLEIN, author of Doppelganger

























