True Crime Addict
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James Renner
As seen on the Oxygen mini-series The Disappearance of Maura MurrayWhen 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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Author
James Renner
Pages
288
Publisher
Macmillan
Published Date
2016-05-24
ISBN
1250089026 9781250089021
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"The premise of this book was a good idea, but since the majority of sources close to the missing person refused to speak with him, he decided to gather data through information already reported on, with a blend of his own background and life sprinkled in. "
Olivia Huie
"If you know about the Maura Murray case, this is a very good read on her."
mary
"I'd been looking forward to reading Mr. Renner's book since he announced on his Maura Murray blog a while back that he was in the process of writing it, and even after all my breath-holding anticipation, I was not the least bit disappointed. "True Crime Addict" kept my interest from cover to cover. I've watched Maura Murray podcasts and read blogs about her case, so I am pretty much aware of what the situation is, but since the book was written from the author's viewpoint of being an obsessed true crime fan (to which I can relate), in my opinion it presents a different outlook. I definitely recommend this book for those who are interested in unsolved mysteries."
Venice Miller
"It was a short get to the point book."
Bre Wright