{"product_id":"the-last-road-trip-scott-k-murphy-9798235503335","title":"The Last Road Trip: Gabby Petito, Brian Laundrie, and the Story America Could Not Look Away From","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn September 2021, \u003cstrong\u003eGabby Petito\u003c\/strong\u003e's disappearance became one of the most watched cases in America. The image seemed almost made for modern obsession: a white van, a smiling young traveler, a social-media trail of mountains and sunlight, and a fiancé who returned to Florida alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the story that spread across television, TikTok, and true-crime culture was only a fragment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn The Last Road Trip, Scott K. Murphy reconstructs Gabby Petito's life with care and restraint, moving beyond the flattening rhythm of headlines to tell a fuller story of who she was, what she hoped for, how her relationship with \u003cstrong\u003eBrian Laundrie\u003c\/strong\u003e became increasingly dangerous, and why so many institutions and observers failed to understand what they were seeing until it was too late.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on FBI findings, the Moab investigative review, family interviews, high-credibility reporting, and the documented public record, this book traces Gabby's path from Blue Point, New York, to van-life ambition, the final western road trip, the disappearance that seized the country, and the aftermath that continued through litigation, advocacy, and the Gabby Petito Foundation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is neither a rumor-driven retelling nor a sensational mystery. It is a humane, source-aware account of a young woman whose life was larger than the spectacle built around her death, and of the American systems that helped turn private danger into public tragedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Scott K. Murphy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798235503335\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scott K Murphy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.48d","brand":"Scott K. Murphy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49001738273023,"sku":"9798235503335","price":19.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-last-road-trip-scott-k-murphy-9798235503335","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}