[1] After losing his job at an alternative weekly newspaper, Renner becomes consumed by the puzzling disappearance of 21-year-old UMass student Maura Murray.

At the conclusion of his five-year investigation, Renner comes to believe that Murray was traveling Route 112 in tandem with another driver and vehicle and intentionally disappeared in an attempt to take on a new identity due to fears her pending credit card fraud case would prevent her being hired as a nurse.

Renner brilliantly covers all the bases here, unravels the mystery, sheds light on his personal struggles while, in the process, making us care for the victim.

"[5] And Publishers Weekly said "Renner’s personal involvement in the case—and his self-destructive, relentless dedication to confronting the darkness at the heart of it is the more noteworthy component of the narrative.

[7] In June 2017, Universal TV and Infinitum Nihil purchased the rights to create a television show based on True Crime Addict.