Chasing the Boogeyman
Book description
The acclaimed New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling novel of small-town evil that “is genuinely chilling and something brand-new and exciting” (Stephen King) and “unforgettable” (Harlan Coben).
In the summer of 1988, the mutilated bodies of several missing girls begin to turn up in a small Maryland town. The…
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2 authors picked Chasing the Boogeyman as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
They say a lie is best hidden between two truths, and with Chasing The Boogeyman, Richard Chizmar has created the literary equivalent by embedding a tale of how he became obsessed by a fictional killer in his old hometown into his own autobiographical childhood.
This reads like one of the many true crime books I devoured in my younger years, and Chizmar expertly draws the reader in until they believe that this all really happened with the skill and panache that you’d expect from one of the few writers who have collaborated with a certain Mr. S King, Esq.…
Richard’s novel did a good job of pulling the rug out from beneath the reader as he leads them on a journey to discover who the murderer is in his hometown. Along the way, he does a brilliant job of conveying how murders can impact a whole town and affect human behavior.
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