**Now a TV Movie**
In Secrets of a Marine's Wife, award-winning journalist and New York
Times bestselling author Shanna Hogan tells the true story of a young
Marine wife whose illicit affair ended in tragedy.
In June 2014, 19-year-old Erin Corwin was living a quiet life in
Twentynine Palms, California, expecting her first child with her
husband, U.S. Marine Corporal Jon Corwin--until the day she drove off
into the desert and never returned. As temperatures climbed into the
hundreds, friends and family teamed up with local law enforcement in a
grueling search of Joshua Tree National Park. Nearly two months after
her disappearance, Corwin's body was found at the bottom of an abandoned
mine shaft, a homemade garrote wrapped around her throat.
Suspicions mounted within the tight-knit Marine community as residents
questioned if the killer was one of their own. Fellow Marine Christopher
Lee and his wife lived next door to the Corwins, and the two young
couples had leaned on each other for support. But detectives soon
discovered that Chris and Erin's relationship had developed into a
whirlwind romance that consumed them both and called the paternity of
Corwin's baby into question. Lee told investigators he'd been out
hunting the day of Corwin's disappearance, but his claims of innocence
soon began to crumble. And while Erin was researching baby names, Lee
was reportedly searching the internet for ways to dispose of a human
body.
Through interviews, court records, and extensive research, bestselling
true-crime author Shanna Hogan constructs a chilling story of betrayal,
deception, and tragedy.
