M William Phelps

I'll Be Watching You M William Phelps

Publisher Marketing: In September 2001, Carmen Rodriguez, a beautiful 32-year old Hartford mother of four, went missing. At first police were stymied until a killer s crucial mistake led investigators down a long, dark road of cold, calculated murder Phelps is a first-rate investigator. Dr. Michael M. Baden In 1987, single mother Mary Ellen Renard was strangled, repeatedly stabbed, and left for dead in her New Jersey apartment. Her vicious assailant had already killed once and would kill again. But unlike the fiend s other victims, Mary Ellen lived to tell the tale Phelps gives readers an exclusive, insider s look. Anne Bremner Clean-cut, popular and on the fast track at a multinational computer firm, Rutgers grad Edwin Ned Snelgrove shocked friends and colleagues with a plea bargain for Renard s brutal attack and the heinous 1983 murder of college girlfriend Karen Osmun. Vowing never to be caught again, Ned spent his time in prison obsessively studying the violent career of his idol Ted Bundy then was released ten years early for good behavior Phelps proves that truth is more shocking than fiction. Allison Brennan Unflinching and brilliantly researched, this is an exclusive tour into the twisted mind of an all-American killer and a state attorney s tireless efforts to lock him away forever." Contributor Bio:  Phelps, M William Crime writer and investigative journalist M. William Phelps is the author of twenty-four nonfiction books and the novel The Dead Soul. He consulted on the first season of the Showtime series Dexter, has been profiled in Writer s Digest, Connecticut Magazine, NY Daily News, NY Post, Newsday, Suspense Magazine, and the Hartford Courant, and has written for Connecticut Magazine. Winner of the New England Book Festival Award for I ll Be Watching You and the Editor s Choice Award from True Crime Book Reviews for Death Trap, Phelps has appeared on nearly 100 television shows, including CBS s Early Show, ABC s Good Morning America, NBC s Today Show, The View, TLC, BIO Channel, and History Channel. Phelps created, produces and stars in the hit Investigation Discovery series Dark Minds, now in its third season; and is one of the stars of ID s Deadly Women. Radio America called him the nation s leading authority on the mind of the female murderer. 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. Contributor Bio:  Charles, J Charles has more than 40 years experience in professional theatre, radio, television, and film. He trained in theatre at Michigan State University and Carnegie Tech.