A tragic missing person case spirals into an unrelenting murder mystery. Intrigue, deception, and serial homicide erupt in the latest real-life thriller by  New York Times  bestselling investigative journalist M. William Phelps.   In October 2014, after Chris Regan failed to arrive at his new job, his ex-girlfriend filed a missing-person report. Something was off. It was not like Chris, a devoted father, avid hiker, and all-around great guy, not to show up. When local Michigan police chief Laura Frizzo learned Chris was having an affair with Kelly Cochran, a married co-worker, suspicion fell on her husband, Jason. After a search warrant on their house revealed several suspicious items, the Cochrans abruptly moved to Indiana. As questions swirled around the case, the whereabouts of Chris Regan remained unknown.   Sixteen months later Jason Cochran died from a drug overdose. Friends and family rallied around the grieving and distraught Kelly. But when the coroner ruled Jason’s death a homicide, no one reacted more bizarrely than his widow. For months detectives tried to put Kelly’s past into focus, but the truth was buried under a patchwork of lies, contradictions, and brutally horrific revelations. As Kelly Cochran, a Purdue graduate and psychology major, played “catch me if you can,” a mesmerizing story emerged that rivals today’s bestselling fiction in its drama and fascination. In the hands of veteran investigative journalist M. William Phelps, her staggering saga of murder, revenge, and payback surpasses anything that could go wrong in a season of  Fargo .   “Phelps is the Harlan Coben of real-life thrillers.” —Allison Brennan   “Anything by Phelps is an eye-opening experience.”  — Suspense Magazine   “Phelps is one of America’s finest true-crime authors.”—Vincent Bugliosi “Master of true crime . . .”  — Real Crime magazine New York Times bestselling investigative journalist and serial crime expert M. William Phelps is the author of more than thirty nonfiction books and has made over 200 television appearances. He created, produced and starred in the series Dark Minds and is one of the stars of Deadly Women and Oxygen’s Snapped, Killer Couples and KillerPost . Radio America calls him “the nation’s leading authority on the mind of the female murderer.” Touched by tragedy himself through the unsolved murder of his sister-in-law, Phelps is able to enter the hearts and minds of his subjects like no one else. He lives in a Connecticut farming community and can be reached at his website, www.mwilliamphelps.com. Where Monsters Hide By M. William Phelps KENSINGTON PUBLISHING CORP. Copyright © 2019 M. William Phelps All rights reserved. ISBN: 978-1-4967-2081-8 Contents Praise, Also by, Title Page, Copyright Page, Dedication, Epigraph, PROLOGUE, PART 1 - THE MISSING MAN, 1 - MOVING ON, 2 - NIGHT SHIFT, 3 - DAD, 4 - PARK-AND-RIDE, 5 - MESSING AROUND, 6 - WHISPERS, 7 - ABSENCE OF MALICE, 8 - QUESTIONS, 9 - ANSWERS, 10 - SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT, 11 - A COP'S COP, 12 - ROCKY ROADS, 13 - THE OTHER MAN, 14 - TRUTH AND CONSEQUENCES, 15 - EXCLUSION, 16 - INCLUSION, 17 - QUACK-QUACK, 18 - FRUSTRATION, 19 - THE UNEXPECTED, PART 2 - BUTTERFLIES, 20 - PINK METAL, 21 - CAT AND MICE, 22 - NIGHT WORK, 23 - VOICES CARRY, 24 - DETAILS, 25 - TROUBLED LIFE, TROUBLED WIFE, 26 - CHAOS REIGNS, 27 - THE DARK SIDE, 28 - PIECES, 29 - HOME LIFE, 30 - NEW BLOOD, 31 - LISTEN AND LEARN, 32 - SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED, 33 - EXECUTION, 34 - BARE NAKED LADIES, 35 - PREMONITION, 36 - BLOOD AND AMMO, 37 - NEIGHBORS, 38 - JUST RUNNING SCARED, PART 3 - THE CHASE, 39 - A LONG ROAD, 40 - SUSPICION, 41 - TWO TRACK, 42 - FEELING THE PRESSURE, 43 - (RE)SEARCH, 44 - RUMOR HAS IT, 45 - DIVER DOWN, 46 - PUSHING FORWARD BACK, 47 - HELP, 48 - SAGE ADVICE, 49 - SINK OR SWIM, 50 - CLOSING IN, PART 4 - MURDER PACT, 51 - THE SOUNDS OF SILENCE, 52 - UNSURPRISING SHOCKER, 53 - PINPOINT, 54 - SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE, 55 - PERSISTENCE, 56 - THE LETTER, 57 - STALKED, 58 - PRESENCE OF EVIL, 59 - CHILDHOOD, 60 - DOWNSIZED, 61 - DOWN A RABBIT HOLE, 62 - LIFE AND DEATH, 63 - HORROR SHOW, 64 - ROLE REVERSAL, 65 - BLOOD WILL TELL, 66 - BURIED SECRETS, 67 - READY AND WILLING, 68 – "GAME ON", 69 - THE MONSTER, 70 - HELA, 71 - SEARCHING, PART 5 - A JUST CAUSE, 72 - SEXUAL DIGRESSION, 73 - ATONEMENT, 74 - CRUISE CONTROL, 75 - SIDESTEPPING, 76 - JUDGMENT DAY, 77 – "OH, MY GOD", 78 - FINALLY, EPILOGUE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, Notes, CHAPTER 1 MOVING ON CHRIS REGAN JR.'S CAR WAS LOADED WITH NEARLY EVERYTHING HE owned. For the past several weeks, Chris had slept on the floor of his Traverse City apartment in north Detroit, Michigan, nothing left inside but life's core essentials: iPhone and laptop, coffeepot, pillow, a few blankets for keeping warm. At twenty-six years old, Chris Jr. was ready for a change. He and his father, Chr