M. William Phelps is an American author , tv host , and investigatory diarist . He is based known for compose true crime books in the world of books . He is also the co-host of the investigating breakthrough series Dark Minds , along with malefactor profiler John Kelly . Phelps has been called the Harlan Coben of real-life thriller . In improver to his true crime books , he ’ s also written non-fiction history books . He wrote Nathan Hale : The Life and Death of America ’ s First Spy in 2014 . He also cf America’s First Spy in 2014. He also co-wrote Failures of Presidetns with Thomas J. Craughwell. In addition to his work as an author and television host, Phelps also consulted on the first season of the Showtime cable television series, Dexter.
Publication Order of True Crime Books
| Perfect Poison | (2003) |    |
| Lethal Guardian | (2004) | |
| Every Move You Make | (2005) | |
| Murder In The Heartland | (2006) | |
| Sleep In Heavenly Peace | (2006) | |
| Because You Loved Me | (2007) | |
| If Looks Could Kill | (2008) | |
| I’ll Be Watching You | (2008) | |
| Nathan Hale | (2008) | |
| Deadly Secrets | (2009) | |
| Cruel Death | (2009) | |
| Death Trap | (2010) | |
| Kill For Me | (2010) | |
| The Devil’s Rooming House | (2010) | |
| Love Her To Death | (2011) | |
| Too Young to Kill | (2011) | |
| Crimes of the Presidents | (2011) |  |
| The Devil’s Right Hand | (2011) | |
| Never See Them Again | (2012) | |
| The Eastbound Strangler | (2012) | |
| Murder, New England | (2012) | |
| Jane Doe No More | (2012) | |
| The Dead Soul | (2012) | |
| Kiss of the She-Devil | (2013) | |
| Bad Girls | (2013) | |
| Obsessed | (2014) | |
| The Killing Kind | (2014) | |
| Madness, Sex, Serial Killer. | (2014) | |
| She Survived | (2014) | |
| I’d Kill For You | (2015) | |
| Evil Minds | (2015) | |
| To Love and to Kill | (2015) | |
| One Breath Away | (2016) | |
| If You Only Knew | (2016) | |
| Murderers’ Row | (2016) | |
| Don’t Tell a Soul | (2017) | |
| Dangerous Ground | (2017) | |
| Targeted | (2017) | |
| Beautifully Cruel | (2017) | |
| Where Monsters Hide | (2019) | |
| We Thought We Knew You | (2020) | |