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.

The New York Times bestselling coauthor of Gwendy’s Button Box brings his signature ‘thrilling, page-turning’ ( Michael Koryta, author of How It Happened ) prose to this story of small-town evil that combines the storytelling of Stephen King with the true-crime suspense of Michelle McNamara. The photos throughout were also a great touch and added more personality to the already individualistic book. A meticulously remembered, beautifully crafted hometown nightmare that reminds readers that nostalgia cuts both ways; sure, it can keep our past alive, but it can also be the shadow man standing at the foot of your bed….

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. I see a lot of other reviewers saying this is a 5 star idea and a 2 star plot and I’d have to agree.

The New York Times bestselling coauthor of Gwendy’s Button Box brings his signature prose to this story of small-town evil that combines the storytelling of Stephen King with the true-crime suspense of Michelle McNamara.Chizmar’s “dazzling work of fresh imagination and psychological insight” (Caroline Kepnes, New York Times bestselling author of You) is on full display in this truly unique novel that will haunt you long after you turn the final page. It's a harrowing tale, one that has people wondering with various supposed sightings if this boogeyman is truly something not of this earth. Chizmar's writing style is fluent and concise, and I am not surprised at all that he teamed up with Stephen King for some joint venture, as their art of capturing the kid or teenage spirit in small towns - whether they are American or elsewhere - is very similar. I may be a wee bit jaded after reading so many murder stories, and horror (much like humor) can be subjective. My only issue was that I felt the hopscotch grid, things left by the boogeyman at the scene and the numerology were an important part of the story, yet their significance was never explained.

In the Divine Comedy, Dante inserts himself into the epic narrative, and goes on a journey into Hell guided by his mentor Vergil. My thanks to the author and Gallery Books for providing me with a gifted copy to review via NetGalley. Chasing the Boogeyman is an unflinching look at a real-life monster and the ordinary heroes obsessed with stopping him. Recent books include the New York Times bestsellers Becoming the Boogeyman and Chasing the Boogeyman, The Girl on the Porch, The Long Way Home, his fourth short story collection, and Widow’s Point, a chilling tale about a haunted lighthouse cowritten with his son Billy Chizmar, which was recently made into a feature film.He is the co-author (with Stephen King) of the bestselling novella, Gwendy’s Button Box and the founder/publisher of Cemetery Dance magazine and the Cemetery Dance Publications book imprint. At 9pm, after saying goodnight to her parents, the girl walked up the stairs, closed her bedroom door and went to bed. 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.

It seems to offer us peace, freedom from crime, deliverance from unending traffic snarls, and a somewhat bucolic life. If you're giving this a try, I'm not above suggesting you skim liberally or even skip straight to Chapter Two if you're feeling bogged down with the earlier pages; you won't miss anything.

This space for the reader’s imagination to go wild is perhaps the greatest strength of the novel; Chizmar shows incredible restraint and control in “holding back” from the desire to give us all the answers or to spell out the whys and hows. I read one of the author’s 100 published short stories last year, “The Girl on the Porch” and even commented that I would have loved to see that story fleshed out into a full length mystery so, I was excited to see this full length book being offered and it did NOT disappoint! Combining gritty true crime with the darkly imagined, Chizmar offers something unique—and uniquely frightening. The result is strikingly original, a story that will thrill fans of intimately investigated nonfiction like Michelle McNamara's I’ll Be Gone in the Dark and self-aware, psychological suspense like Oyinkan Braithwaite's My Sister, the Serial Killer. He moves back to his childhood home with his parents in the small town of Edgewood after finishing college.