ABOUT THE BOOK

STRIP MAUL

Truth Be Told

To the outside world, he was everything a community could admire: a beloved teacher and coach, once destined to follow in his father’s footsteps as a professional baseball player—until the Vietnam War changed everything. Behind closed doors, he was something else entirely: a calculating sociopath with one goal—marry a woman, become a grieving husband, and cash in on a secret life insurance policy.

In Strip Maul, Eliza Grayson believed she was building a life with the man who manipulated her into marriage—only to find herself trapped in a nightmare. The early red flags were easy to overlook: controlling behavior, secrecy, and subtle gaslighting. Then came the date rape, a broken rib from a violent outburst, and increasing isolation from her family.

Too cowardly to kill her himself, he plotted elaborate murder attempts using strangers, staged accidents, and psychological manipulation—all while preserving his image as a model citizen. When one attempt nearly succeeds, it triggers a flood of long-suppressed memories linked to a traumatic brain injury—and a chilling realization: he’s been trying to kill her from the beginning.

As Eliza pieces together the truth, she must also fight to protect her children, prove her sanity, and escape a man who has convinced everyone she’s unstable. What follows is a harrowing journey of survival, truth, and the courage to speak out after years of silence.

Strip Maul is a true story of unthinkable betrayal—and the fierce resilience it takes to speak the truth when the world has been conditioned to doubt you. More than a story of surviving attempts on her life, it is a reckoning with gaslighting, coercive control, and the quiet strength required to reclaim your voice. Eliza Grayson lived through the unimaginable. Now she’s telling the story herself—and exposing the evil hiding in plain sight.