Long Haul by Frank Figliuzzi

 

Grabbed this little nonfiction book somewhere while we were on vacation a couple of months ago, it's a reasonably well-written book about what being a long-haul trucker is like, and what parts of their job and work environment play the largest parts in why some small number of them end up being murderers (and some smallish percentage of them end up being serial killers, as that term is defined in mainstream culture, which is different than its meaning in law enforcement) There are interspersed sections from the POV of former sex workers, and from law enforcement and social workers who are working to get those who are victims (most of them, as the author sees things, and I'm not inclined to argue) out of the life, as well as bits relating fragments of various investigations into murders committed by truckers. While the book is reasonably informative and well-written, it seems like 250-ish pages that could boil down to this: Serial killers have always been able to do more killing if they've been able to move around, and serial killers have always been able to get away with killing sex workers because in many places and many times they're women who won't be missed; given that trucking combines mobility with access to sex workers (at truck stops seems to be fading, but there's still a culture around the business) it's not at all surprising that long-haul trucker is a job that some serial killers would find attractive and appealing.