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Renner ... is just plain fun to read. -- <i>The New York Times</i></p> 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. --<i>StarTribune</i> 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. <b>An entrancing, brilliant next step for fans of the podcast Serial, Netflix's Making a Murderer, and other true crime cases.</b> --<i>Library Journal, </i>starred review on <i>True Crime Addict</i></p> 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. --<i>New York Times bestselling author M. William Phelps on True Crime Addict</i></p> Renner's walk on the dark side makes for a highly compelling read. --<i>Kathryn Casey, bestselling author of Deliver Us on True Crime Addict</i></p> Renner's personal involvement in the case--and his self-destructive, relentless dedication to confronting the darkness at the heart of it[...is] noteworthy. --<i>Publishers Weekly</i> on <i>True Crime Addict</i></p>

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 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

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JAMES RENNER is the author of the novels The Man from Primrose Lane and The Great Forgetting, as well as several works of nonfiction, including The Serial Killer's Apprentice. His true crime stories have appeared in The Best American Crime Writing anthology, Cleveland Scene, and Cracked.com. His method of using social media to solve cold cases was the subject of a CNN profile, in 2015. He lives in Akron with his wife and children

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