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True Crime Addict: How I Lost Myself in the Mysterious Disappearance of Maura Murray

James Renner

Start date: June 1, 2016

Finish date: June 30, 2016

Discussion: Mystery & Thrillers

Why we're reading this: When an eleven year old James Renner fell in love with Amy Mihaljevic, the missing girl seen on posters a…more
[close] 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.

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May 18, 2016 CL rated it it was amazing

This is not your typical true crime story in the way that it is told from the author’s point of view and the events and his search for the truth. As he is in the middle of a lap dance and trying to dull his misery with a little pleasure he winds up discussing with his stripper her sister’s murder and the upcoming trial of her killer. He is one of the most down on his luck failed journalists you could ever find in a true crime book and it is one of the best reads. He has had an obsession with tru ...more

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May 16, 2016 SerialReader rated it really liked it

Shelves: criminal-justice

James Renner at his best.
An absorbing, addictive accounting of one of the most complicated mysterious disappearance in America.

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