<b><i>Chasing the Boogeyman</i></b><b> is genuinely chilling and something brand new and exciting. Compulsive reading and scary... <i>Chasing the Boogeyman</i> does what true crime so often cannot: it offers both chills and a satisfying conclusion.</b>
Stephen King
<b>Brilliant. . . . Absolutely fascinating, totally compelling, and immensely poignant. I dare you not to finish it in one sitting. This one will stay with me!</b>
C. J. Tudor, New York Times bestselling author
<b>Riveting. Chilling. <i>Chasing the Boogeyman</i> is an unflinching look at a real-life monster and the ordinary heroes obsessed with stopping him</b>
Riley Sager, New York Times bestselling author of Final Girls and Home Before Dark
<b>Richard Chizmar, with <i>Chasing the Boogeyman</i>, presents himself as a print version of Norman Rockwell, if the artist had devoted himself to the creepy things that hide under the bed</b>
Linwood Barclay, New York Times bestselling author of Find You First
<b>Hammer in hand, Richard Chizmar's come to shatter the idea that everything's already been done. An absolutely chilling mash-up of styles, media, biography, and legend. Elastic, unsettling, brilliant. And here you thought you knew the names of every genre</b>
Josh Malerman, New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box and Malorie
<b>Creepy yet captivating . . . A metafictional masterpiece</b>
The Times Crime Club
<b>With <i>Chasing the Boogeyman</i>, Richard Chizmar demonstrates the full power of his impressive storytelling reach. A fascinating conceit paired with deeply human writing creates a thriller that conjures writers as disparate as Stephen King and Michelle McNamara. The result is a marvelous mind game of nuanced, layered storytelling</b>
Michael Koryta, New York Times bestselling author of Never Far Away
<b>Literature was invented around 3400 B.C. Approximately 5,419 years later, Richard Chizmar has invented an entirely new genre of literature with <i>Chasing the Boogeyman</i>. Compulsive, encompassing storytelling. Do not miss this one!</b>
Brian Keene, bestselling author of The Rising
<b>If Ray Bradbury had written<i> In Cold Blood</i> it would probably look a lot like Richard Chizmar's masterful <i>Chasing the Boogeyman</i>, a perfectly written and unnervingly suspenseful thriller about a series of murders that tear apart the fabric of a picturesque Maryland town and the writer who puts everything on the line to solve them. This is a mind-bendingly engaging book. Be prepared for the hairs on the back of your neck to be standing at attention as you devour every rich page</b>
David Bell, bestselling author of The Request
<b>Richard Chizmar spins dark magic with <i>Chasing the Boogeyman</i>. A true crime masterpiece with Chizmar himself as a key player in the grisly mystery. Highly recommended, but not for the faint of heart</b>
Jonathan Mayberry, New York Times bestselling author of V-Wars and Patient Zero
<b>Wonderful . . . a knotty mystery with an elegant resolution at its heart . . . It feels so original, dizzy-making in its expert layering of fact and fiction . . . A hymn to both innocence and to growing up</b>
Catriona Ward, bestselling author of The Last House on Needless Street
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).
Summer 1988: the mutilated bodies of several missing girls are discovered in a small Maryland town.
Rumour spreads that the evil stalking local teens is not entirely human. But law enforcement and members of the FBI are sure a serial killer is playing games with them.
Now recent college graduate Richard Chizmar returns to his hometown to write a personal account of the killer's reign. And what he discovers will haunt him for years to come . . .
'Chasing the Boogeyman does what true crime so often cannot: it offers both chills and a satisfying conclusion' - Stephen King
'Brilliant . . . absolutely fascinating, totally compelling and immensely poignant. I dare you not to finish it in one sitting. This one will stay with me!' - C. J. Tudor
'Unforgettable' - Harlan Coben