The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe

A True Crime Thriller

De: James Patterson, Imogen Edwards-Jones

Narrado por: Meg Price

From the world’s #1 bestselling author, 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.

“Electrifying … A spellbinding new account of the star’s final days by the world’s greatest thriller writer." —Daily Mail

In life, Marilyn Monroe’s superstardom defies classification. In death, she remains shrouded in mystery.

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 US 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 one hundredth birthday … without her.

“Entertaining … bursting with anecdotes … zippy pacing and novelistic detail … Readers with a soft spot for Hollywood’s perennial muse will find plenty to enjoy.”— Publishers Weekly

Reseñas de la Crítica

“Electrifying… A spellbinding new account of the star’s final days by the world’s greatest thriller writer.”—Daily Mail

“Entertaining…bursting with anecdotes…zippy pacing and novelistic detail. …Readers with a soft spot for Hollywood’s perennial muse will find plenty to enjoy.”—Publishers Weekly

How sad and fragile

Life is not always fair but sometimes it is a challenge to not call the outcome as unfair…

Intriguing

Slightly long but kept me interested all the way through. Sounded like real and surprised to find it was fiction. The Kennedy’s???

I expected something more!

I heard nothing new or even a different theory about her death. I was hoping for more and am disappointed with this book. James Patterson can do so much better, but I am not familiar with his co-author. A "crime thriller" is how this book is described, and it certainly is NOT that. I did not enjoy the narrator. All in all, this was a disappointment!

Cringey Narration

I enjoyed the story although I wouldn't call it a "true crime thriller." I did not enjoy the narrator, the voice imitations which were poorly executed and distracting.

A “Thrilling True Crime” story this is not.

More biographical than “true crime thriller.” James Patterson rarely falters, but this book fails to shed new light on the death of Marilyn Monroe and reads more like a biography. The title suggests a deep focus on her last days, but this aspect is only briefly addressed.