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Author Chizmar, Richard, 1965- author.

Title Chasing the boogeyman : a novel / Richard Chizmar.

Publication Info. New York : Gallery Books, 2021.
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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Adult Fiction  FICTION CHIZMAR    DUE 04-02-24
 Bristol, Main Library - Adult Fiction  F CHIZMAR    DUE 04-20-24
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - New Materials  MYSTERY CHIZMAR, RICHARD    DUE 12-05-22 Billed
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult New Materials  F CHIZMAR RICHARD    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  FIC CHIZ    In Transit
 Manchester, Main Library - Adult Fiction  CHIZMAR, RICHARD    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Fiction  F CHIZMAR    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Adult Fiction  FIC CHIZMAR    DUE 04-15-24
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - New Materials  CHIZMAR BOOGEYMAN #1    Check Shelf
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - New Materials  CHIZMAR BOOGEYMAN #2    In Processing

Edition First Gallery books hardcover edition.
Description xiii, 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Foreword / by James Renner -- Introduction: "What kind of monster does that?" -- The town -- The first girl -- Kacey -- Suspicion mounts -- July -- The house of mannequins -- Maddy -- The boogeyman -- October country -- Aftermath -- Memorials -- Shotgun summer -- Questions -- April 2, 1989 -- Afterword: September 2019.
Summary "There was the bad; the unimaginably, indescribably bad, hovering above all those wonderful memories like an angry, slate-gray thunderstorm sky." In the summer of 1988, the mutilated bodies of several missing girls begin to turn up in a small Maryland town. The grisly evidence leads police to the terrifying assumption that a serial killer is on the loose in the quiet subrurb, and soon a rumor begins to spread that the evil stalking local teens is not entirely human. But law enforcement and members of the FBI are certain the the killer is a living, breathing madman--and that he's playing games with them. For a once peaceful community trapped in the depths of paranoia and suspicion, it feels like a nightmare that will never end. Recent college graduate Richard Chizmar returns to his hometown just as a curfew is enacted and a neighborhood watch group is formed. In the midst of preparing for his edding and embarking on a writing career, he soon finds himself thrust into a real-life horror story. Inspired by the terrifying events, Chizmar writes a personal account of the serial killer's reign of terror, unaware that his time back home will continue to haunt him for years to come. A clever, terrifying, and heartrending work of metafiction, Chasing the Boogeyman is the ultimate marriage between psychological horror and true crime. Chizmar's writing--combining the storytelling of Stephen King with the relentless suspense of Michelle McNamara--is on full display in this truly unique novel that will linger in your memory long after you turn the final page. -- From dust jacket
Subject Serial murderers -- Fiction.
Serial murder investigation -- Fiction.
Teenage girls -- Crimes against -- Fiction.
Authors -- Fiction.
True crime stories -- Fiction.
Maryland -- Fiction.
Authors (OCoLC)fst00821688
Serial murder investigation (OCoLC)fst01113109
Serial murderers (OCoLC)fst01113110
Teenage girls -- Crimes against (OCoLC)fst01145421
True crime stories (OCoLC)fst01742042
Maryland (OCoLC)fst01204739
Murderers -- Fiction.
Homicide -- Fiction.
Genre/Form Horror tales.
Fiction (OCoLC)fst01423787
Horror fiction (OCoLC)fst01921684
Novels (OCoLC)fst01921742
Thrillers (Fiction) (OCoLC)fst01726755
Horror fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Horror fiction.
Novels.
ISBN 9781982175160 (hardcover)
1982175168 (hardcover)
9781982175177 (paperback)
1982175176 (paperback)
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