A Cruise to Nowhere

Praise for James Renner:

“Beautifully written . . . captures a vivacious, much-loved woman [and] her family’s struggle to reconcile their deeply held beliefs about her sexual orientation.” —Michael LaSala, PhD, author of Coming Out, Coming Home: Helping Families Adjust to a Gay or Lesbian Child on A Cruise to Nowhere

“Compelling, deeply personal, captivating . . . Renner takes a grim yet cathartic and at times humorous journey through memory and trauma in this riveting true-crime memoir.” —Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW for Scout Camp

“[Renner] is just plain fun to read.” —The New York Times Book Review on True Crime Addict

“Renner’s storytelling ability is brilliant.” —Aphrodite Jones, New York Times bestselling author of Cruel Sacrifice on Little, Crazy Children

“James Renner owns this cold case. He’s chased its solution down every twisty path, revealing errors, shattering rumors, and testing theories about the murder of Lisa Pruett and the circle of kids who seem to know things no one’s saying. Absorbing and illuminating.” —Katherine Ramsland, author of Confession of a Serial Killer: The Untold Story of Dennis Rader, the BTK Killer on Little, Crazy Children

“Profoundly honest, at once an intimate coming-of-age portrait and a disturbing cautionary tale, a soul-searching narrative of an idyllic summer that turned deadly.” —Jake Anderson, author of Gone at Midnight on Scout Camp

“Inescapable, requisite reading.” —Brad Ricca, author of the Edgar nominee Mrs. Sherlock Holmes on Scout Camp

“A story that transcends true crime. . . enormously personal and extremely important.” —Lance Reensteirna, host of Crawlspace podcast on Scout Camp

“A searing, timely account of abuse and its corrosive powers. Part-mystery and part-memoir, this a brave and necessary look at how predation can become part of the culture of the most esteemed institutions.” —Áine Cain and Kevin Greenlee, hosts of The Murder Sheet podcast on Scout Camp

“Little, Crazy Children is a multilayered and twisty tale of murder in the wealthy Cleveland suburbs, and Renner explores it with forthright grace—a sharp-eyed, thoughtful companion on a journey through a disturbing and compelling unsolved mystery.” —Dan Chaon, author of Sleepwalk

“A compelling page-turner with astounding revelations. James Renner skillfully uncovers dark secrets of both the living and the dead.” —Leslie Rule author of A Tangled Web on Little, Crazy Children

“An engrossing, chilling read.” —Mikita Brottman, author of Couple Found Slain on Little, Crazy Children

“You have not read a book like this before and, I’d wager, you’ll not engage with its like again. . . Renner is a tantalizing and almost gleeful tour guide to and through the impulses of the armchair detective.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune on True Crime Addict

“As the title suggests, [True Crime Addict] is an addictive read.” —Bustle

“The mystery of Murray’s whereabouts is baffling. . . [Renner’s] chipping away at the facts of a ten-year-old case makes the reader hope that, in the end, the answers will be uncovered. An entrancing, brilliant next step for fans of the podcast Serial, Netflix’s Making a Murderer, and other true crime cases.” —Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW for True Crime Addict