Garden of Graves, Maria Eftimiades
Garden of Graves, Maria Eftimiades
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Garden of Graves
The Shocking True Story of Long Island Serial Killer Joel Rikfin

Author: Maria Eftimiades

Narrator: A'rese Emokpae

Unabridged: 5 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Vibrance Press

Published: 05/01/2026

Synopsis

Joel Rifkin was raised on middle-class values and grew up in a middle-class neighbourhood. After school he worked in his local library and his high school year-book shows he was a member of the debating team, the athletics squad and the photography club. On 28 June 1993, 34-year-old Rifkin was stopped by the police for not having licence plates on the pick-up truck he was driving. A minor crime, not something that would make the headlines, or so the police thought. Until, that is, they found the decomposing body of a young woman wrapped in a tarpaulin in the back of his truck. After his arrest, Rifkin told police of his horrific habit of picking up prostitutes in Manhattan and killing them, usually by strangulation, then dumping their bodies. He claims to have killed a total of 17 women. This book tells the story of this killer.

About Maria Eftimiades

Maria Eftimiades is a journalist and the author of several books, including Lethal Lolita, My Name Is Katherine, Sins of the Mother, and Garden of Graves.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Katrine on April 06, 2026

3,5 stars rounded up to 4. I was genuiely surprised by how much compassion this book showed the victims and their families. Turned out to be a much more progressive and moving read than expected, when I first fished this paperback out of bargain bin.......more

Goodreads review by Fishface on January 23, 2016

A fast, interesting read, pretty well-written. Nice emphasis on the concerns of the victims and their devastated families; the author makes clear that Rifkin is not the victim here.......more

Goodreads review by Bill on August 05, 2023

A Mazda pickup without license plates was spotted by NY State Troopers and the driver led them on a slow speed chase until he crashed into a utility pole. The Troopers smelled a terrible odor emanating from the bed of the truck and thus began the downfall of Joel Rifkin. Tiffany Bresciani was a faile......more

Goodreads review by Stefanie on March 08, 2026

Joel Rifkin was born in New York in 1959. He was adopted at three weeks old. He wound up working as a landscaper. He was arrested in a prostitution sting in 1987. He began his murder spree that spanned from 1989 to 1991. Rifkin is suspected of at least 17 murders, but only 9 were confirmed. He was a......more

Goodreads review by Madelene T. on August 02, 2023

This book was a very good account of the case of Joel Rifken (the original Long Island Serial Killer). It was informative & a quick read. As a Lawg Islandah for most of my life it’s intriguing to read about streets I grew up around the corner from in East Meadow & know several people who went to Hig......more

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