This book reads like a dissertation but it is frighteningly interesting. Truck drivers have traditionally been the one group a stranded driver could trust.
After reading this book, I would be disinclined to spend time with a truck driver alone and out on the road.
Meticulously researched, the author tells us what it is like to be a truck driver. He also shares a number of murders and answers the question of who is doing the killings ( truck drivers in many cases) , who the victims are ( often sex workers or addicts ) and what is being done to stop it.
The FBI, local police, state police and task forces are all working to find a unified way to track killings and match them with the killer. Seems there are many serial killers on the highways…frequently but not always truck drivers.
He also shares how social workers are attempting to help the young women who are victims of addiction or trafficking, to try and get them free of that life. Good book. Worth a read.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for allowing me this ARC.

This was more about long haul trucking than finding the serial killers who are long haul truckers. While it was interesting and I learned a lot about how trucking works, the true crime element was definitely missing.

interesting book about trucker serial killers and how they work. tysm for the arc, would potentiollay recommend.

I did enjoy this book. I liked that it focused on the victims and the killers. Also liked that he talked to truckers and some of the sex workers. Frank Figliuzzi handled everything carefully and didn't look down on the women. He tried to understand why and what had happened in their lives to make them turn to sex work and how they got out of it. With the truckers, he tried to understand why truckers could turn to killers (not the truckers he interviewed).

Thank you Netgalley for letting give my honest review

Unfortunately, this book did not hit the mark for me. I was anticipating a book that focused on specific cases and suspects or convicted serial killers. However, what I got was mostly a book about the truck driving industry, how to find the best places to park rigs when drivers are forced to take their breaks, how they have to stop and weigh, how they have to strap down their loads, how they manage their time, as well as a lot of information about lot lizards, terminology used by lot lizards and their pimps and all the other various roles people play who work truck stops and very little on actual cases. More time is spent on human trafficking and at the very end there are some resources provided. The small amount of crime and cases that the author touched on was minimal. Instead, what I got felt more like a detailed account of the author's field trip of tagging along with a trucker for a week, worried about where he was going to be at weeks end when he had to find his way back home, and what they had for breakfast.

Save your time and money and watch the documentary called "The Killing Season" 2016 by Joshua Zeman and Rachel Mills. This is a series that investigates the unsolved murders of women near Gilgo Beach (now solved, at least in part), and explores the possible connections to other cases across the US that involve long-haul truck drivers.

Long Haul is a true crime story by former assistant FBI director Frank Figliuzzi. The FBI put together the Highway Serial Killer Initiative to hunt for those responsible for 850 homicides across the country that are linked to long-haul trucking.
When you begin this story you will find a map at the beginning of the book that provides us with a visual view of the location of victims across the US.
The book addresses a particular breed of serial killer, the highway serial killer. The author looks briefly at a small number of these: the so-called Truck Stop Killer who created a torture chamber in the back of his vehicle and who may have killed as many as fifty women; the ‘Interstate Strangler’ who spoke to his mother on the phone while he was killing a woman. But Long Haul is not a catalog of gruesome killings with the attendant detail that some readers of true crime are searching for. It is a journey into the world of the long-haul trucker. The book includes details on Trafficking victims and survivors.
The author interviews long-haul truckers and does a ride-along to get a sense of the road. I thought this was very interesting to learn more about long-haul trucking in general. The book focused mostly on the overall culture of long-haul trucking and trafficking with short summaries of true crimes that had occurred.
Overall, there was a look at truck stop culture, the history of long hauling, and how it included the sex trade. It even detailed very aggressive prostitutes and pimps trying to meet quota by banging on truck windows and trying to engage truckers that were sleeping. Drugs are also highly involved in this culture. And I makes sense that this is an environment ripe for serial killers.
For the reader who wants to learn something new about crime in the 21st century, or about a lifestyle few people give much thought to, Long Haul has a lot to offer. One of its real strengths is the focus Figliuzzi has on the potential victims, the vulnerable, trafficked women who, like the truckers they serve, live lives hidden from the gaze of everyday society.
However, if you want a detailed account of specific crimes and investigations, Long Haul does not give us that information. We get only very general accounts of the way the killers operate. There is none of the tension found in true crime classics of an investigation into a killer who may kill again, and soon. While interesting it was missing these details.

If you are needing to fill your Serial killer information overload this is your book! I had no idea what I was getting into when I started Frank Figliuzzi Long Haul. The book is more of a mix of investigative piece and true crime stories. The author tries to connect several murders, and I can see them being on Netflix soon.
Thank you to Netgalley for Long Haul.

i love reading about true crime and the research that Frank put into this book was amazing. I was left shaking my head in amazement but also admiration.
I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book which I received from the author. All views expressed are only my honest opinion.

This was an interesting true crime book about the ever present problem of long haul truckers committing murders while traveling the country. Although this was an interesting take, I find that I believed there would be more talk about the unknown killers and the work to identify victims. It was more about how to prevent victims and perpetrators, and task forces that have been taken up in that respect.

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC of this book. This is out now!

This is seriously a wild ride into the creepy world of long-haul truckers and the horrifying stuff that goes down on America's highways. From the infamous "Truck Stop Killer" to the spine-chilling "Interstate Strangler," this book dives deep into the twisted crimes that have left investigators scratching their heads for ages.

As someone who's super into true crime, but kinda new to legal nonfiction, I found this book totally engaging and eye-opening. Yeah, some peeps say it's not your typical true crime read—it's more like a deep dive into trucker culture and how these crazy crimes get investigated across state lines, and they aren't wrong. And it's really fascinating!

So if you dig true crime, wanna know what's really up with long-haul truckers, and are curious how the FBI deals with these gruesome cases, you gotta check out Long Haul.

This is an interesting book that does more than the typical true crime search for the killer. This is a non fiction book which focuses more on the dynamics between long haul truckers, the prostitutes that frequent truck stops, human traffickers. It wasn't an easy read emotionally but it certainly opened my eyes to the reality of the situation.

"The Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers" by Frank Figliuzzi is a gripping true crime narrative that delves into the dark underbelly of America's highways. Figliuzzi, a former FBI assistant director, brings his extensive experience in law enforcement to bear in this riveting account of the hunt for serial killers who use the nation's vast network of highways to evade capture and commit heinous crimes. This book is a must-read for true crime enthusiasts and anyone interested in the intricacies of criminal investigations. Frank Figliuzzi's expertise and compelling storytelling make this a standout addition to the genre, offering both a thrilling and thought-provoking read.

A pretty good break down on who's doing the killing, who's being killed, and who's trying to stop it. As a trucker's daughter it's interesting to see what people in my father's profession could have been doing around him. I have to wonder now how much he knew, if he saw anything that could have solved a crime.

In the book's acknowledgments, Frank Figliuzzi states the subject matter "isn't pleasant". No, it's not, and that makes one wonder if that's why the author spent so much time not focusing on it. Seriously, a great amount of this book is about the week the author spent riding along with a young trucker named Mike. Now, Mike obviously does not partake in the sexual abuse going on at truck stops, and has limited knowledge about it. Instead, Mike is showing the author all the aspects of long-haul trucking and how hard the job happens to be. The reader learns a lot about the life of a truck driver . . . but that's not what the subject of the book was supposed to be.

Why did Mr. Figliuzzi write a story like that? Was he trying to make sure readers did not end up seeing all truckers as predators or serial killers? Did he not want to do deeper life stories on the women and girls trafficked, instead of superficial ones? Did he see that as being too painful or privacy invasive? It was hard not to imagine another writer choosing some of the victims as examples of most of the females trafficked, and telling their life stories in a more detailed manner. Not that the reader doesn't learn a lot of details and statistics about sex trafficing at truck stops, and some details of homicides, but it's hard not to mostly remember the author's week trucking with Mike.

I think this would be a better book as his experience with the long haul trucker bc honestly that was interesting. because there is so much up in the air in terms of investigations, I think it was less a true crime book than a book about trucking. it was a little choppy because of that so it would have been better with two parts.

I am a True Crime connoisseur. I eat, sleep and devour true crime stories. Whether that be a podcast, a documentary or a novel. The title and cover caught my attention. My husband is a truck driver so I knew instantly I would devour this book, given the name and title background. The subject line was a bit heavy and at times disturbing (hence it being true crime). The author did good in making it well known by the end of the book what his main concern was. There is a vast pool of potential victims out there and we need to do a better job at being more concerned about them and choose to see and go out of our way to make known. I'd say this book was more or a bird's eye view at the problem in our society and not a journey into who did this or that and why. You won't be getting the start to finish of true crime. For example, the book didn't go into detail about highway serial killers, the hunt to find them, the forensics side of things, and then the arrest of said serial killers. This book did however go into detail of the trucking industry, as well as the sex trafficking world, and how those two worlds collide together. It does make you stop and think how oblivious we can be as human beings and how the saying of "it won't happen to me" can very much happen in real life and does happen on the daily.

Thank you to Netgalley and Mariner Books for the free E-ARC in exchange for an honest review.
My Rating:
2.5 (Rounded down)
My Opinion:
When I requested the story , I thought it would be a true book following truck drivers and the FBI division who chases them, and being the daughter of a truck driver, I was interested. It was more about the cultural of truck drivers and the sex tracking surrounding drivers. I am very much a mood reader and I found myself not wanting to pick up the book. I did think the subject matter was well researched and had several different interviews within the book. I could see the angle the author was taking, having all of theses circumstances around truck drivers, so you can understand how many of them would become a killer.

If you're looking for an "inside the mind of a killer" true-crime book, Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers by Frank Figliuzzi is NOT the book for you. That's not a criticism. This is an interesting, well-reported book that avoids lurid exploitation.

Figliuzzi, a former assistant director of the FBI, gives an insider's view of the bureau's long-running investigation into these serial killers. Readers meet criminologists, advocates for trafficked women, and others involved in the effort. Figliuzzi also rides along with a long-haul trucker to get an up-close view of life on the road. Those sections of the book are especially engaging.

The author's viewpoint is occasionally out of step with the times (all the women are "ladies"), but that's not a deal-breaker. If you're interested in the ins-and-outs of an investigation, or you'd like to know what's really happening to stop human trafficking, this book fits the bill.

I received an early review copy from NetGalley.

An intriguing read that grips your attention. A very well crafted insight into the trucking industry and the crime opportunities it presents and the ways the FBI is combatting it.

This was really interesting book to read! I thought it gave some incredible insight in some of the worst crimes known to man. I did not realize that long haul truck drivers had been seriel killers. This was a great informative book and explored the ugly side of the american highways. There were a few cases discussed that made me feel sick and couldnt believe someone so evil existed.