Late in the spring evening, Shannan Gilbert arrived in Long Island and disappeared. No one attached any importance to it; after all, everyone knew perfectly well that she was providing escort services for the announcement; and therefore can be involved in any dark affairs. The police did not make sufficient efforts to search for her either; until the bodies of four girls were found off the highway seven months later. Shannan was not among them. What connected these girls? Did they have a chance to escape? What were Long Island residents hiding?