TY - BOOK AU - Patterson,James AU - Bourelle,Andrew AU - DiLallo,Max AU - Patterson,James ED - Investigation Discovery (Television network) TI - Till murder do us part: true-crime thrillers SN - 9781538752517 AV - HV6529 .P395 2021 U1 - 364.152/3/0973 23 PY - 2021/// CY - New York, Boston PB - Grand Central Publishing KW - Murder KW - United States KW - Case studies KW - Missing persons KW - Investigation KW - California KW - Impersonation KW - Women KW - Crimes against KW - TRUE CRIME / Murder / General KW - bisacsh KW - TRUE CRIME / Sexual Assault KW - fast KW - True crime stories KW - lcgft N1 - "As seen on ID, Investigation Discovery"--Title page; "The crimes in this book are 100% real. Certain elements of the stories, some scenes and dialogue, locations, names, and characters have been fictionalized, but these stories are about real people committing real crimes, with real, horrifying consequences." -- verso; Till murder do us part; James Patterson with Andrew Bourelle --; Ramp up to murder; James Patterson with Max DiLallo N2 - A woman begins to suspect that her husband isn't actually who he says he is, and a teenager has her life upended during the hunt for a missing girl, in two true-crime stories; "Til Murder Do Us Part: Kathi Spiars can't believe she's found such a good man to marry as Stephen Marcum. But twelve years later, she starts to suspect that he isn't who he says he is. As she digs into his past, she doesn't realize that learning the truth will lead to a lifetime of fear and hiding." -- inside front jacket flap; "Ramp Up to Murder: Brandi McClain, a young beautiful teenager, moves to California from Arizona, to model and live with her new boyfriend, a professional skateboarder. But her perfect life is about to turn on its head. In San Diego, investigator Richard Castaneda hunts for a missing girl. It's a case that seems to plagued by dead ends. But once the truth emerges, it's more haunting than they could have imagined." -- inside front jacket flap ER -