The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe A True Crime Thriller

With unparalleled ambition, instinctual physicality, keen business intelligence, and a remarkable sense of humor, Marilyn Monroe achieved sensational celebrity. Yet, she insisted, “I never really felt like a star. Not really, not in my heart.”
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In the months before her death, Marilyn polishes the script for her ultimately unfinished film, Something’s Got to Give.  
In the weeks before her death, she drinks champagne on Santa Monica Beach with the last photographer to take her picture. 
In the days before her death, she's a guest of Frank Sinatra in the Celebrity Room at the Cal-Neva Lodge. 
In the hours before her death, she argues with U.S. Attorney General Bobby Kennedy and his brother-in-law Peter Lawford. 
In an emergency session with her psychiatrist, she confesses: “Here I am, the most beautiful woman in the world, and I do not have a date for Saturday night.” 
On June 1, 2026, the world celebrates Marilyn Monroe’s 100th birthday. Without her.  
In life, her superstardom defies classification.
In death, she remains shrouded in mystery. 
The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe is a true crime thriller about a woman who changed Hollywood history, and whose indelible image captures our imagination to this day. 

 

James Patterson is the most popular storyteller of our time. He is the creator of unforgettable characters and series, including Alex Cross, the Women’s Murder Club, Jane Smith, and Maximum Ride, and of breathtaking true stories about the Kennedys, John Lennon, and Tiger Woods, as well as our military heroes, police officers, and ER nurses. Patterson has coauthored #1 bestselling novels with Bill Clinton and Dolly Parton, and collaborated most recently with Michael Crichton on the blockbuster Eruption. He has told the story of his own life in James Patterson by James Patterson and received an Edgar Award, ten Emmy Awards, the Literarian Award from the National Book Foundation, and the National Humanities Medal.
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