02163cam a2200349 i 4500 889442986 TxAuBib 20230712120000.0 160826t20172016||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2015049511 9781250113818 1250113814 (OCoLC)957022035 TxAuBib rda Renner, James, 1978- True Crime Addict : How I Lost Myself in the Mysterious Disappearance of Maura Murray / James Renner. First Picador edition. New York, New York : Picador, 2017. ©2016. xi, 280 pages : map ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier 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 led 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 a complicated case that has eluded authorities for more than a decade and a journalist's own complicated true-crime addiction. 20230712. Renner, James, 1978- Murray, Maura, 1982- journalists United States Psychology Case studies. Missing persons United States Case studies. Criminal investigation United States Case studies. True crime stories.