Chasing the Boogeyman

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A solid true crime facsimile, mixing background detail with action, suspense, and a compelling pace.

This book is very much about the story and unlike most books, I think the characters aren't the driver. In the summer of 1988, the small town of Edgewood is living a real-life horror story when the bodies of 4 girls are found. There are even crime scene photos included with every chapter, which further adds to the real and chilling atmosphere. I was impressed by Chizmar's writing, and he was able to paint a vivid image in my mind of his town in my mind.While I would have wanted to like this a lot more as there was a lot of promise, the ending fell a little short for me, but, that's just my opinion. He takes up the gauntlet and of course becomes involved with the murders and its abhorrent mutilations while the town gossips and lives in fear. Even though I knew I was reading fiction, I couldn't shake the feeling that the events were not real, which made this an intriguing reading experience. Trigger: Again, our killer feels the need to tell us that he started his killing with birds and cats, in the interview granted in the AFTERWORD, so I flipped to the next page as soon as I read “stray dog”. I was intrigued by the premise - a thriller novel set as a true crime investigation - and execution, but by the end I was skim reading to finish.

I listened to the audiobook, and Chizmar's smooth writing style along with Chris Andrew Ciulla's perfectly matched narration lolled me into a state where didn't want want to stop listening.Once I saw that ringing endorsement by my all-time favorite author, I immediately purchased this book and could not put it down once I started.

Thus, we fill in the blanks with the worst possibilities, and because of this, the Boogeyman becomes genuinely scary. A broken screen lay on the ground outside her window; a tiny smear of blood on the windowsill; no footprints; no sign of Catherine. His fiction has appeared in dozens of publications, including Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and multiple editions of The Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories. Unfortunately for me this read more as a memoir rather than a serial killer story or a true crime re-telling which was very disappointing to this reader.Law enforcement, as well as members of the FBI are certain that the killer is a living, breathing madman-and he’s playing games with them. Specially designed full-colour illustrated signature page personally signed by Richard Chizmar and Ben Baldwin.

He mixes his own fond memories of his childhood and his home town with the made up story about a serial killer hunting young girls.

For your own safety, you should… The Boogeyman will soon enter the pantheon of suburban legends that fill our backyards like summer fireflies, his name whispered into ears all over. He sets the book in his hometown during the late 1980s, where a number of young girls are abducted and murdered.