James Renner. Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Sarah Crichton, $26 (384p) ISBN 978-0-374-20095-4
Set in the near future, this ambitious, genre-bending debut novel from investigative reporter Renner (Amy: My Search for Her Killer) opens with the brutal torture and killing of an elderly hermit, known as “the Man with a Thousand Mittens” (because...
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James Renner. FSG/Crichton, $26 (368p) ISBN 978-0-3742-9879-1
In his second novel, Renner (The Man from Primrose Lane) brings readers a sci-fi journey in which the dystopia isn’t set in the future, but the present. Jack Felter, a history teacher in Cleveland, begrudgingly heads back to his hometown of Franklin
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James Renner. St. Martin’s/Dunne, $25.99 (288p) ISBN 978-1-250-08901-4
In this in-depth crime exploration, journalist Renner (The Serial Killer’s Apprentice) pursues the truth behind the disappearance of Maura Murray, a University of Massachusetts student who vanished in 2004 after a car accident in the mountains of...
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James Renner. Citadel, $28 (320p) ISBN 978-0-8065-4255-3
Who killed Ohio teen Lisa Pruett in 1990? Philosophy of Crime podcaster Renner (True Crime Addict) casts convincing doubt on the case’s official theories in this superior real-life page-turner. After midnight on September 13, the Shaker Heights...
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James Renner. Citadel, $28 (272p) ISBN 978-0-8065-4332-1
Investigative journalist Renner (Little, Crazy Children) examines the death of a Boy Scout leader in this disturbing account. In 1995, Mike Klingler, the director of Ohio’s Seven Ranges Boy Scout Reservation, died of a gunshot wound under mysterious
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