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A tragic missing person case spirals into an unrelenting murder mystery. Intrigue, deception, and serial homicide erupt in the latest real-life thriller by New York Times bestselling investigative journalist M. William Phelps. In October 2014, after Chris Regan failed to arrive at his new job, his ex-girlfriend filed a missing-person report. Something was off. It was not like Chris, a devoted father, avid hiker, and all-around great guy, not to show up. When local Michigan police chief Laura Frizzo learned Chris was having an affair with Kelly Cochran, a married co-worker, suspicion fell on her husband, Jason. After a search warrant on their house revealed several suspicious items, the Cochrans abruptly moved to Indiana. As questions swirled around the case, the whereabouts of Chris Regan remained unknown. Sixteen months later Jason Cochran died from a drug overdose. Friends and family rallied around the grieving and distraught Kelly. But when the coroner ruled Jason's death a homicide, no one reacted more bizarrely than his widow. For months detectives tried to put Kelly's past into focus, but the truth was buried under a patchwork of lies, contradictions, and brutally horrific revelations. As Kelly Cochran, a Purdue graduate and psychology major, played "catch me if you can," a mesmerizing story emerged that rivals today's bestselling fiction in its drama and fascination. In the hands of veteran investigative journalist M. William Phelps, her staggering saga of murder, revenge, and payback surpasses anything that could go wrong in a season of Fargo. "Phelps is the Harlan Coben of real-life thrillers." - Allison Brennan "Anything by Phelps is an eye-opening experience." - Suspense Magazine "Phelps is one of America's finest true-crime authors." - Vincent Bugliosi "Master of true crime . . ." - Real Crime magazine
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True-crime analyst, creator/executive producer and host of Investigation Discovery's DARK MINDS (2011 - 2014) , award-winning investigative journalist M. William Phelps is the New York Times best-selling author of 43 nonfiction books and winner of the Excellence in (Investigative) Journalism Award from the Society of Professional Journalists. Phelps has written for numerous publications, including the Providence Journal, Connecticut Magazine and Hartford Courant. Diversifying his talents, Phelps consulted on the first season of the hit Showtime cable television series DEXTER and is a constant presence on crime film sets.A major project, 11 years in the making, season 1 of his investigative, narrative podcast focused on four missing Connecticut girls Janice Pockett, Debra Spickler, Lisa Joy White, Irene Larosa, and one confirmed murder, Susan Larosa, for iHeart Radio is available now.His next book, WE THOUGHT WE KNEW YOU, about the murder of Mary Yoder in Utica, NY, is out December 29, 2020. Phelps' book, written from victim Debra Newall's point of view, about the infamous "Dirty John" Meehan case, slated for September 2021.Produced by Catalina Productions, executive-produced by Phelps for Oxygen, Phelps has completed work on "NOTORIOUS: The Happy Face Killer," his 2-hour documentary based on his book "Dangerous Ground: My Friendship with a Serial Killer."Adding to his extensive television work, Phelps is executive producer and creator of TO CATCH A KILLER, a 6-episode series co-produced by Crazy Legs Productions, that premiered on Investigation Discovery in October 2018. See Phelps on SEX, LIES & MURDER (REELZ) ; Oxygen's SNAPPED; and DEADLY WOMEN. Phelps consulted and produced Piers Morgan's SERIAL KILLER with PIERS MORGAN and KILLER WOMEN; and continues his expert commentary on several series, such as KILLER COUPLES, WICKED ATTRACTION, FORENSIC FILES, ICE COLD KILLERS, EVIL STEP MOMS, TWISTED LOVE, and more.Having written 7 books about them, Phelps is a highly sought-after expert and speaker for his extensive knowledge regarding historic and contemporary serial killers-and the psychology shaping the mind of the murderer.In a revealing essay for The Edge magazine, which ignited support and social media dialogue, Phelps published A MILLION VOICES, MENTAL ILLNESS, A LIFE CHANGED FORVER in January 2019.He grew up in East Hartford, Connecticut, and now lives just north of Hartford, in Tolland County.In July 2017, Phelps published his definitive, 5-year project with Happy Face Killer, DANGEROUS GROUND: My Friendship with a Serial Killer.Touched by tragedy himself, due to the unsolved murder of his pregnant sister-in-law, Phelps is able to enter the hearts and minds of his subjects like no one else. He lives in a small Connecticut farming community and can be reached at his website, www.mwilliamphelps.com. Author photo Investigation Discovery/Dark Minds
