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Hardcover
Publication Name
Thomas Dunne Books
ISBN-10
1250089018
ISBN
9781250089014
Book Title
True Crime Addict : How I Lost Myself in the Mysterious Disappearance of Maura Murray
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Item Length
8.6 in
Publication Year
2016
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
1.1 in
Author
James Renner
Genre
True Crime, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
Topic
Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Personal Memoirs, General, Criminology
Item Weight
13.8 Oz
Item Width
5.7 in
Number of Pages
304 Pages

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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
ISBN-10
1250089018
ISBN-13
9781250089014
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Book Title
True Crime Addict : How I Lost Myself in the Mysterious Disappearance of Maura Murray
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Personal Memoirs, General, Criminology
Publication Year
2016
Genre
True Crime, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
Author
James Renner
Format
Hardcover

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Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
13.8 Oz
Item Length
8.6 in
Item Width
5.7 in

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2015-049511
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Takes the imagination to a dark and chilling place. This, Renner's second book, shows off his talents in the [crime reporting] genre: an investigator's persistence, a strong sense of mystery-suspense storytelling and a direct and restrained style that can both pull back to describe a crime scene and turn sympathetic to illuminate victims' vibrant but lost lives [...] Renner's writing is gripping, well researched and hard to put down., "Renner keeps digging until the toll of his obsession creeps into his personal life...[He] shares snippets of his own life while collecting bits of Murray's, almost balancing out the scales of information. The mystery of Murray's whereabouts is baffling...Renner keeps searching for the truth before the case consumes him. His chipping away at the facts of a ten-year-old case makes the reader hope that, in the end, the answers will be uncovered. An entrancing, brilliant next step for fans of the podcast Serial, Netflix's Making a Murderer, and other true crime cases. " -- Library Journal, starred review on True Crime Addict "Brutally honest, no-holds-barred storytelling ... Renner brilliantly covers all the bases here, unravels part of the mystery, sheds light on his personal struggles while, in the process, making us care for the victim." -- New York Times bestselling author M. William Phelps on True Crime Addict "Renner's walk on the dark side makes for a highly compelling read." -- Kathryn Casey, bestselling author of Deliver Us on True Crime Addict "Renner's personal involvement in the case--and his self-destructive, relentless dedication to confronting the darkness at the heart of it[...is] noteworthy." -- Publishers Weekly on True Crime Addict, "Renner keeps digging until the toll of his obsession creeps into his personal life...[He] shares snippets of his own life while collecting bits of Murray's, almost balancing out the scales of information. The mystery of Murray's whereabouts is baffling...Renner keeps searching for the truth before the case consumes him. His chipping away at the facts of a ten-year-old case makes the reader hope that, in the end, the answers will be uncovered. An entrancing, brilliant next step for fans of the podcast Serial, Netflix's Making a Murderer, and other true crime cases. " -- Library Journal, starred review on True Crime Addict "Brutally honest, no-holds-barred storytelling ... Renner brilliantly covers all the bases here, unravels part of the mystery, sheds light on his personal struggles while, in the process, making us care for the victim." -- New York Times bestselling author M. William Phelps on True Crime Addict "Renner's walk on the dark side makes for a highly compelling read." -- Kathryn Casey, bestselling author of Deliver Us on True Crime Addict "Renner's personal involvement in the case--and his self-destructive, relentless dedication to confronting the darkness at the heart of it[...is] noteworthy." -- Publishers Weekly on True Crime Addict "Poignant and wonderfully well-written." -- Richard North Patterson, author of SILENT WITNESS on AMY: MY SEARCH FOR HER KILLER "It is compelling, riveting and hard to set down." -- Michael K. Dakota, CUYAHOGA FALLS NEWS PRESS on AMY: MY SEARCH FOR HER KILLER "Reads like a who-done-it, with lively and fast-paced narrative." -- Laura Kennelly, MORNING JOURNAL on AMY: MY SEARCH FOR HER KILLER "Meticulously-crafted and engaging." -- Kelly Ferjutz, COOLCLEVELAND.COM on AMY: MY SEARCH FOR HER KILLER "Takes the imagination to a dark and chilling place. This, Renner's second book, shows off his talents in the [crime reporting] genre: an investigator's persistence, a strong sense of mystery-suspense storytelling and a direct and restrained style that can both pull back to describe a crime scene and turn sympathetic to illuminate victims' vibrant but lost lives [...] Renner's writing is gripping, well researched and hard to put down." -- Erick Trickey, CLEVELAND MAGAZINE on THE SERIAL KILLER'S APPRENTICE, Brutally honest, no-holds-barred storytelling ... Renner brilliantly covers all the bases here, unravels part of the mystery, sheds light on his personal struggles while, in the process, making us care for the victim., "Brutally honest, no-holds-barred storytelling ... Renner brilliantly covers all the bases here, unravels part of the mystery, sheds light on his personal struggles while, in the process, making us care for the victim." -- New York Times bestselling author M. William Phelps on True Crime Addict "Renner's walk on the dark side makes for a highly compelling read." -- Kathryn Casey, bestselling author of Deliver Us on True Crime Addict "Renner's personal involvement in the case--and his self-destructive, relentless dedication to confronting the darkness at the heart of it[...is] noteworthy." -- Publishers Weekly on True Crime Addict "Poignant and wonderfully well-written." -- Richard North Patterson, author of SILENT WITNESS on AMY: MY SEARCH FOR HER KILLER "It is compelling, riveting and hard to set down." -- Michael K. Dakota, CUYAHOGA FALLS NEWS PRESS on AMY: MY SEARCH FOR HER KILLER "Reads like a who-done-it, with lively and fast-paced narrative." -- Laura Kennelly, MORNING JOURNAL on AMY: MY SEARCH FOR HER KILLER "Meticulously-crafted and engaging." -- Kelly Ferjutz, COOLCLEVELAND.COM on AMY: MY SEARCH FOR HER KILLER "Takes the imagination to a dark and chilling place. This, Renner's second book, shows off his talents in the [crime reporting] genre: an investigator's persistence, a strong sense of mystery-suspense storytelling and a direct and restrained style that can both pull back to describe a crime scene and turn sympathetic to illuminate victims' vibrant but lost lives [...] Renner's writing is gripping, well researched and hard to put down." -- Erick Trickey, CLEVELAND MAGAZINE on THE SERIAL KILLER'S APPRENTICE, "Brutally honest, no-holds-barred storytelling ... Renner brilliantly covers all the bases here, unravels part of the mystery, sheds light on his personal struggles while, in the process, making us care for the victim." -- New York Times bestselling author M. William Phelps on True Crime Addict "Renner's walk on the dark side makes for a highly compelling read." -- Kathryn Casey, bestselling author of Deliver Us on True Crime Addict "Poignant and wonderfully well-written." -- Richard North Patterson, author of SILENT WITNESS on AMY: MY SEARCH FOR HER KILLER "It is compelling, riveting and hard to set down." -- Michael K. Dakota, CUYAHOGA FALLS NEWS PRESS on AMY: MY SEARCH FOR HER KILLER "Reads like a who-done-it, with lively and fast-paced narrative." -- Laura Kennelly, MORNING JOURNAL on AMY: MY SEARCH FOR HER KILLER "Meticulously-crafted and engaging." -- Kelly Ferjutz, COOLCLEVELAND.COM on AMY: MY SEARCH FOR HER KILLER "Takes the imagination to a dark and chilling place. This, Renner's second book, shows off his talents in the [crime reporting] genre: an investigator's persistence, a strong sense of mystery-suspense storytelling and a direct and restrained style that can both pull back to describe a crime scene and turn sympathetic to illuminate victims' vibrant but lost lives [...] Renner's writing is gripping, well researched and hard to put down." -- Erick Trickey, CLEVELAND MAGAZINE on THE SERIAL KILLER'S APPRENTICE, "Renner ... is just plain fun to read."-- The New York Times "You have not read a book like this before and, I'd wager, you'll not engage with its like again...Renner is a tantalizing and almost gleeful tour guide to and through the impulses of the armchair detective." -- StarTribune "The mystery of Murray's whereabouts is baffling. . . . [Renner's] chipping away at the facts of a ten-year-old case makes the reader hope that, in the end, the answers will be uncovered. An entrancing, brilliant next step for fans of the podcast Serial , Netflix's Making a Murderer , and other true crime cases."-- Library Journal (starred review) "Brutally honest, no-holds-barred storytelling ... Renner brilliantly covers all the bases here, unravels part of the mystery, sheds light on his personal struggles while, in the process, making us care for the victim." -- New York Times bestselling author M. William Phelps on True Crime Addict "Renner's walk on the dark side makes for a highly compelling read." -- Kathryn Casey, bestselling author of Deliver Us on True Crime Addict "Renner's personal involvement in the case--and his self-destructive, relentless dedication to confronting the darkness at the heart of it[...is] noteworthy." -- Publishers Weekly on True Crime Addict, "You have not read a book like this before and, I'd wager, you'll not engage with its like again...Renner is a tantalizing and almost gleeful tour guide to and through the impulses of the armchair detective." -- StarTribune "Renner keeps digging until the toll of his obsession creeps into his personal life...[He] shares snippets of his own life while collecting bits of Murray's, almost balancing out the scales of information. The mystery of Murray's whereabouts is baffling...Renner keeps searching for the truth before the case consumes him. His chipping away at the facts of a ten-year-old case makes the reader hope that, in the end, the answers will be uncovered. An entrancing, brilliant next step for fans of the podcast Serial, Netflix's Making a Murderer, and other true crime cases. " -- Library Journal, starred review on True Crime Addict "Brutally honest, no-holds-barred storytelling ... Renner brilliantly covers all the bases here, unravels part of the mystery, sheds light on his personal struggles while, in the process, making us care for the victim." -- New York Times bestselling author M. William Phelps on True Crime Addict "Renner's walk on the dark side makes for a highly compelling read." -- Kathryn Casey, bestselling author of Deliver Us on True Crime Addict "Renner's personal involvement in the case--and his self-destructive, relentless dedication to confronting the darkness at the heart of it[...is] noteworthy." -- Publishers Weekly on True Crime Addict, "Renner ... is just plain fun to read."-- The New York Times "You have not read a book like this before and, I'd wager, you'll not engage with its like again...Renner is a tantalizing and almost gleeful tour guide to and through the impulses of the armchair detective." -- StarTribune "Renner keeps digging until the toll of his obsession creeps into his personal life...[He] shares snippets of his own life while collecting bits of Murray's, almost balancing out the scales of information. The mystery of Murray's whereabouts is baffling...Renner keeps searching for the truth before the case consumes him. His chipping away at the facts of a ten-year-old case makes the reader hope that, in the end, the answers will be uncovered. An entrancing, brilliant next step for fans of the podcast Serial, Netflix's Making a Murderer, and other true crime cases. " -- Library Journal, starred review on True Crime Addict "Brutally honest, no-holds-barred storytelling ... Renner brilliantly covers all the bases here, unravels part of the mystery, sheds light on his personal struggles while, in the process, making us care for the victim." -- New York Times bestselling author M. William Phelps on True Crime Addict "Renner's walk on the dark side makes for a highly compelling read." -- Kathryn Casey, bestselling author of Deliver Us on True Crime Addict "Renner's personal involvement in the case--and his self-destructive, relentless dedication to confronting the darkness at the heart of it[...is] noteworthy." -- Publishers Weekly on True Crime Addict
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
363.2336
Table Of Content
CONTENTS Prologue 1 1. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 3 2. Paramour 8 3. Full Disclosure 12 4. All-American Girl 16 5. Past Is Prologue 20 6. The Gatekeeper 23 7. Forget the Past 27 8. Last Shift at Melville 31 9. The Zoo 34 10. Hacking the Universe 38 11. Never Take Rides from Strangers 44 12. The Runner50 13. Private Eyes 52 14. What Really Happened at West Point 57 15. Cracks in the Façade60 16. The Clique 67 17. Molly, Holly, and Bri 71 18. Murray v. State of New Hampshire 75 19. My Baker Street Irregulars 82 20. The Chief 's Demons 86 21. What the TV Guy Told Me 89 22. Aunt Janis 94 23. Baby Brother 98 24. How an Abduction Happens 103 25. A Lucky Break 108 26. Maura's Lovers 114 27. BFF 117 28. Consider the Red Herring 120 29. The Londonderry Ping 124 30. The Man with the Knife 128 31. 22 Walker130 32. Between the Lines 132 33. Petrit Vasi 134 34. The Shadow of Death Returns 139 35. Motive143 36. 112dirtbag 149 37. Mr. 1974 154 38. Family158 39. Bad Rabbit 162 40. An Overdue Visit 167 41. Outliers175 42. More Trou ble in St. Albans 178 43. Th e Zaps 181 44. Silver Linings184 45. Confrontations 188 46. "Drunk and Naked" 193 47. Graves 197 48. Borderland 200 49. I Saw Your Think 204 50. Eucatastrophe 207 51. Contempt 211 52. Hard Time 217 53. Beagle Strikes Back 222 54. The Fool 226 55. Every body Lies 231 56. Billy, Don't Lose My Number 237 57. Closure Is for Doors 240 58. Failed Tests 246 59. How to Disappear 251 60. Oh, Canada! 255 61. Poker Face 262 62. The Bitter and the Sweet 266 Epilogue 271 Acknowledgments 279
Synopsis
As seen on the Oxygen mini-series The Disappearance of Maura Murray When an eleven year old James Renner fell in love with Amy Mihaljevic, the missing girl seen on posters all over his neighborhood, it was the beginning of a lifelong obsession with true crime. That obsession leads James to a successful career as an investigative journalist. It also gave him PTSD. In 2011, James began researching the strange disappearance of Maura Murray, a UMass student who went missing after wrecking her car in rural New Hampshire in 2004. Over the course of his investigation, he uncovers numerous important and shocking new clues about what may have happened to Maura, but also finds himself in increasingly dangerous situations with little regard for his own well-being. As his quest to find Maura deepens, the case starts taking a toll on his personal life, which begins to spiral out of control. The result is an absorbing dual investigation of the complicated story of the All-American girl who went missing and James's own equally complicated true crime addiction. James Renner's True Crime Addict is the story of his spellbinding investigation of the missing person's case of Maura Murray, which has taken on a life of its own for armchair sleuths across the web. In the spirit of David Fincher's Zodiac , it is a fascinating look at a case that has eluded authorities and one man's obsessive quest for the answers., An account of the author's lifelong fascination with true crime and his obsessive quest to find Maura Murray, a UMass student whose disappearance in 2004 has stumped authorities to this day., When an eleven year old James Renner fell in love with Amy Mihaljevic, the missing girl seen on posters all over his neighborhood, it was the beginning of a lifelong obsession with true crime. That obsession leads James to a successful career as an investigative journalist. It also gave him PTSD. In 2011, James began researching the strange disappearance of Maura Murray, a UMass student who went missing after wrecking her car in rural New Hampshire in 2004. Over the course of his investigation, he uncovers numerous important and shocking new clues about what may have happened to Maura, but also finds himself in increasingly dangerous situations with little regard for his own well-being. As his quest to find Maura deepens, the case starts taking a toll on his personal life, which begins to spiral out of control. The result is an absorbing dual investigation of the complicated story of the All-American girl who went missing and James's own equally complicated true crime addiction. James Renner's True Crime Addict is the story of his spellbinding investigation of the missing person's case of Maura Murray, which has taken on a life of its own for armchair sleuths across the web. In the spirit of David Fincher's Zodiac , it is a fascinating look at a case that has eluded authorities and one man's obsessive quest for the answers.
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HV6762.U5R45 2016

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  • by kblexus
    Jul 04, 2018

    Great book on this interesting mystery

    I really enjoyed this book. I was recently at Crimecon and became very interested in the Maura Murray case. I’m listening to the Missing Maura Murray podcast and of course I had to read this book as Jim Renner was at Crimecon along with Lance and Tim from the Podcast. I have come to admire Renner more after reading the book. It was very interesting and I love Renner’s literary style. I look forward to reading more of his books.

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