True Crime Addict

True Crime Addict: How I Lost Myself in the Mysterious Disappearance of Maura Murray is a nonfiction true crime thriller by American author and investigative journalist James Renner. The book was published by Thomas Dunne Books in March 2016.[1]

True Crime Addict: How I Lost Myself in the Mysterious Disappearance of Maura Murray
First edition
AuthorJames Renner
CountryUnited States
GenreTrue crime, nonfiction thriller
PublishedMarch 2016
ISBN1250089018

Summary

After losing his job at an alternative weekly newspaper, Renner becomes consumed by the puzzling disappearance of 21-year-old UMass student Maura Murray.[2] Murray, a West Point cadet, transferred to UMass to pursue nursing shortly before her disappearance.

Although he attempts to speak with Murray's friends and family to gather information for the book, he is met with rejection. Confused as to why a family would not want Maura's disappearance to receive as much attention as possible, he begins to look into the Murray family, as well.[3]

At the conclusion of his five-year investigation, Renner comes to believe that Murray was traveling Route 112 in tandem with another driver and vehicle.[3]

Reception

Best-selling nonfiction crime author M. William Phelps called True Crime Addict "Brutally honest, no-holds-barred storytelling. Renner brilliantly covers all the bases here, unravels the mystery, sheds light on his personal struggles while, in the process, making us care for the victim."[1] Mardi Jo Link for the Star Tribune commented, "You have not read a book like this before and, I'd wager, you'll not engage with its like again."[4]

In contrast The New Yorker described Renner as "embodying every problem that arises when online obsessives are infected with delusions of detective grandeur."[5] And Publishers Weekly said "Renner’s personal involvement in the case—and his self-destructive, relentless dedication to confronting the darkness at the heart of it is the more noteworthy component of the narrative."[6]

Television series

In June 2017, Universal TV and Infinitum Nihil purchased the rights to create a television show based on True Crime Addict. The show, written by Richard Price, is being produced by Johnny Depp.[7]

See also

References
  1. "True Crime Addict | James Renner | Macmillan". US Macmillan. Retrieved 2017-10-10.
  2. Rennder, James. True Crime Addict: How I Lost Myself in the Mysterious Disappearance of Maura Murray (First ed.). New York. ISBN 1250089018. OCLC 918994879.
  3. "Maura is Missing Part I: The Departure | Whitman-Hanson Express". 2010-12-01. Archived from the original on 2010-12-01. Retrieved 2017-10-10.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. "Review: 'True Crime Addict,' by James Renner". Retrieved 2017-10-10.
  5. Michelle Dean (June 23, 2016). ""True Crime Addict" and the Serious Problem of Internet Sleuths". The New Yorker.
  6. "Nonfiction Book Review: True Crime Addict: How I Lost Myself in the Mysterious Disappearance of Maura Murray by James Renner. St. Martin's/Dunne, $25.99 (288p) ISBN 978-1-250-08901-4". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2017-10-10.
  7. "Johnny Depp to Produce Gritty TV Series Based Off Book 'True Crime Addict'". floor8.com. 2017-09-05. Retrieved 2017-10-10.
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