We Thought We Knew You

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New York Times bestselling author, television personality, and podcast host M. William Phelps takes readers deep into the murder of Mary Yoder, a popular wife, mother, and healer in Upstate New York -- telling a gripping tale of a family drama, a determined investigation, and a killer with the face of an angel.

In July 2015, Mary Yoder fell ill in the chiropractic center she operated with her husband, Bill. Doctors in the ER and ICU were baffledand unable to save her life. Weeks later, her family received startling news from the medical examiner: Mary had been deliberately poisoned. Another shock followed when the local sheriff received a claim that Adam Yoder had poisoned his mother. But Adam was not the only person of interest . . .

Kaitlyn Conley, Adams ex-girlfriend, worked at the Yoders clinic and was at Marys bedside during her last hours. Still, some spoke of her history of rage-fueled behavior. Had Kaitlyn and Adam conspired to kill Mary Yet another suspect emerged when accusations were hurled at grieving husband Bill Yoder. . .

M. William Phelps unravels a twisting trail of evidence to reveal the heartless scheme that tore a family apart, divided a community, and culminated in two gripping, high-profile trials.

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Phelps knows how to work it, mainly by fleshing outcharacter with prurient detailsand examples ofmaddening gameplaying. The New York Times Book Review on Where Monsters Hide

Phelps depicts Conley as a narcissist who feared losing control of Adam, and the book stridently calls out social media efforts to overturn her conviction of manslaughter. The authors anger at Conleys glamorization within the true crime community is palpable. Library Journal on We Thought We Knew You

Phelps does a good job exposing the way reality TV coverage can influence and indeed corrupt perceptions of guilt and innocence. True crime and popular culture fans will be fascinated. Publishers Weekly on We Thought We Knew You

Sometimes truth really is stranger, and scarier, than fiction, as demonstrated by investigative reporter M. William Phelps Where Monsters HideThis is narrative nonfiction of the highest order, a sumptuously scintillating tale that greets us with the character types were used to seeing in the fiction of Lisa Gardner, Harlan Coben or Lisa Scottoline. Superb in all respects. The Providence Journal on Where Monsters Hide

A chilling, reallife tale of murder and madness. BookTrib on Where Monsters Hode

Phelps is an expert in the world of true crime and the mind of a serial killer. Library Journal

Phelps is a truecrime veteran. New York Post

Phelps is one of Americas finest truecrime authors. Vincent Bugliosi

M. William Phelps [is a] master of true crime. Real Crime Magazine

M. William Phelps dares to tread where few others will: into the mind of a killer. TV Rage

Phelps is the king of true crime." Lynda Hirsch, Creators Syndicate columnist

Phelps treads dangerous ground like an Amazon jungle guidefearless, compassionate, insightful. Geoff Fitzpatrick, Executive Producer of Dark Minds

Author Bio

M. William Phelps is an investigative journalist, podcast host, television expert and New York Times bestselling author of overforty nonfiction books, including the groundbreaking crime memoir Dangerous Ground. Winner of the Excellence in (Investigative)Journalism Award from the Society of Professional Journalists and the New England Book Festival Award, hes spent over 300hours on television as a true crime expert, appearing on numerous shows, including CBS Early Show, ABCs Good Morning America, the Today Show and The View. He created, produced and starred in the series Dark Minds and also stars in Deadly Women, Sex, Lies & Murder, Oxygen's Snapped, Killer Couples and KillerPost. He is the creator and host of the #1 mostdownloaded iHeartRadio original podcast series Paper Ghosts, and has been called "the nation's leading authority on the mind ofthe female murderer" by Radio America. Touched by tragedy himself through the unsolved murder of his sister in law, Phelps isable to enter the hearts and minds of his subjects like no one else. He lives in a Connecticut farming community and can befound online at MWilliamPhelps.com.