The Last Good Girl

A Novel

By: Allison Leotta

Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert

From Allison Leotta, the “highly entertaining storyteller” (George Pelecanos) who writes “in a style that’s as real as it gets” (USA TODAY), a ripped-from-the-headlines novel featuring prosecutor Anna Curtis at the center of a national story involving campus rape and the disappearance of a young woman.

Emma, a freshman at a Michigan university, has gone missing. She was last seen leaving a bar near the prestigious and secretive fraternity known on campus as “the rape factory.” The main suspect is Dylan Brooks, the son of one of the most powerful politicians in the state. But so far the only clues are pieced-together surveillance footage of Emma leaving the bar that night…and Dylan running down the street after her.

When Anna discovers the video diary Emma kept over her first few months at college, it exposes the history she had with Dylan: she had accused him of rape before disappearing.

Emma’s disappearance gets media attention and support from Title IX activists across the country, but Anna’s investigation hits a wall. Now Anna is looking for something, anything she can use to find Emma alive. But without a body or any physical evidence, she’s under threat from people who tell her to think hard before she ruins the name of an “innocent young man.”

Inspired by real-life stories, The Last Good Girl shines a light on campus rape and the powerful emotional dynamics that affect the families of the men and women on both sides.

Riveting, relevant, real

This was the best of the series. It was so realistic and tackled so many important topics—-toxic masculinity and rape culture within fraternities, college under-reporting of sexual assault, and MI in various forms. So so good but sobering

Excellent page turner

This was an excellent page turner, keeping my interest till the last word. The ending was a surprise, one I did not see coming. Highly recommend!

Great book

Was well written and with good narrator The story stayed intriguing until the end of book

Just a stupid book

The main character in this book feels totally pathetic. Also, as a criminal defense attorney myself, I can say that her job as a "federal prosecutor" is completely unrealistic. I could barely get through this. The narrator is good, which is about the only positive thing I can say.