Chasing the Boogeyman

By Richard Chizmar,

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The acclaimed New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling novel of small-town evil that ā€œis genuinely chilling and something brand-new and excitingā€ (Stephen King) and ā€œunforgettableā€ (Harlan Coben).

In the summer of 1988, the mutilated bodies of several missing girls begin to turn up in a small Maryland town. Theā€¦

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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 youā€™d expect from one of the few writers who have collaborated with a certain Mr. S King, Esq.ā€¦

Richardā€™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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