Chasing the Boogeyman

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Overall, this is a creepy book that offers a sense of foreboding throughout and I read it fairly quickly wanting to know who had committed these murders and why. For a once peaceful community trapped in the depths of paranoia and suspicion, it feels like a nightmare that will never end. Richard spends much time reminiscing about his small-town upbringing, including the minutiae of life in Edgewood. Told from the first-person point of view of fictional Richard Chizmar, the reader gets to intimately get to know Edgewood, the serene neighborhood setting, and its residents.

He has adapted the works of many bestselling authors including Stephen King, Peter Straub, and Bentley Little. The author created the thrill and even produced photographs to build the feeling of authenticity that made the story so believable I had to keep reminding myself I was reading a fictional novel. There are also pictures of the victims, locations throughout the town, and the police investigation added throughout the book which give it an even more realistic feel. it’s a successful genre mashup and brilliant tonal chimera, by turns lovely and unsettling, intense and meditative.

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. The book takes after true crime narratives and provides photographs of various people and places in Edgewood, and this furthers the sense of absolute reality.

Author Richard Chizmar grew up in Edgewood, Maryland, a town where each generation of children feared the “Rubberband Man” and where the “Phantom Fondler ” found his prey. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. His novel Chasing the Boogeyman was published to terrific acclaim - as Stephen King says: 'Genuinely chilling and something brand new and exciting.Fat jack-o'-lanterns flashed jagged grins from porch railings and windows, flickering orange eyes tracking your every move. That comparison aside, Chasing the Boogeyman is a high concept serial killer thriller with an intriguing approach to the genre.

And speaking of endings, as the killer takes more lives, we sense an awesome and hair-raising confrontation approaching. average rating on Goodreads and the majority of my friends have all loved this so please know that I am an outlier in my opinion.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). As with a real true crime book, there are some unanswered questions in the end, and although it gives authenticity to the story, it was frustrating to me. Richard Chizmar is the coauthor (with Stephen King) of the New York Times bestselling novella Gwendy’s Button Box and Gwendy’s Final Task, and the solo novella Gwendy’s Magic Feather. Now the door has been opened and the stories and details come tumbling out, it creates a new sense of hope that these confessions will provide closure to the many parents of missing teenagers and the cold cases that gather dust on the shelves.