Without a Trace

Name: Without a Trace
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Marion Collins
ISBN: 9781977385239

Author: Marion Collins

Narrator: Stephen Bel Davies

Unabridged: 8 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/24/2018

Categories: Nonfiction, True Crime, Murder

Synopsis

In September 2001, the headless body of an elderly man washing ashore in Galveston, Texas. Also recovered were garbage bags containing the severed limbs of the victim—and a newspaper with a home delivery address that left arresting officers to the downscale apartment of Robert Durst, an unkempt transient who dressed in drag.

Incredibly, his bail was posted the following morning. New York authorities were quick to make the unbelievable connection. This was the Robert Durst, the dashing real estate scion whose family's fortune was worth hundreds of millions of dollars. He was also the Robert Durst who was a "person of interest" in the number of a prominent woman journalist, as well as a high-profile suspect in the mysterious disappearance of his first wife 20 years earlier.

How could Robert Durst degenerate from a powerful New York City businessman to a cross-dressing fugitive wanted in a murder investigation? The answer was more startling than anyone who knew him could ever have imagined . . .

About Marion Collins

Marion Collins has written for Star magazine, the Daily News, and the New York Post, among other publications. The author of While She Slept, The Palm Beach Murder, and Without a Trace, she lives in New York.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jo on April 25, 2019

I felt like this book was poorly organized and perhaps published too soon in order to capitalize on Durst's first arrest. The book doesn't even cover the trial for the Morris murder and the last 5 pages rely on questions and conjecture that could not be answered at the time this was written.......more

Goodreads review by Eden on November 04, 2015

I found this book very well written. I was interested in all the little piece of information that had been gathered and assembled in a way that was fun to read and engaging. Disappointing ending but isn't that life for you?......more

Goodreads review by Mortisha on March 30, 2025

This is the true story of Robert Durst. His life, money, greed and murder. I really enjoyed reading this book. It not only goes into his life but the lives of his victims and everyone he hurt. I do believe his family's riches and fame kept him being prosecuted, leaving him to kill more. Very Interes......more

Goodreads review by Astrid on March 27, 2019

This was a pretty interesting read. I remember watching the TV special "Jinx..." and hearing him say he did it. He is a bad, bad man. His wife and his best friend never had a chance. Even though Susan was his best friend, I feel bad for her and how her life ended.......more

Goodreads review by Rachel on November 27, 2023

This book was published in the early 2000s and additional developments have happened in the crimes Robert Durst has been accused of since its publication. The narrative and characters are captivating, but the ending will leave you doing online searches about how Durst spent the rest of his life.......more