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Chasing the boogeyman : a novel
- Title
- Chasing the boogeyman : a novel / Richard Chizmar.
- Author
- Chizmar, Richard, 1965-
- Publication
- New York : Gallery Books, 2021.
- ©2021
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 21-7806 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xiii, 322 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "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 suburb. But soon a rumor begins to spread that the evil stalking local teens is not entirely human. 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. For a once peaceful community trapped in the depths of paranoia and suspicion, it feels like a nightmare that will never end"-- Provided by publisher.
- Summer, 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 suburb, but a rumor spreads that the evil stalking local teens is not entirely human. Recent college graduate Richard Chizmar returns to his hometown just as a curfew is enacted and a neighborhood watch is formed. In the midst of preparing for his wedding and embarking on a writing career, he soon finds himself thrust into the real-life horror story. Inspired by the terrifying events, Richard writes a personal account of the serial killer's reign of terror, unaware that these events will continue to haunt him for years to come. -- adapted from jacket
- Subject
- Serial murderers > Fiction
- Serial murder investigation > Fiction
- Teenage girls > Crimes against > Fiction
- Authors > Fiction
- True crime stories > Fiction
- FICTION / Thrillers / Crime
- FICTION / Small Town & Rural
- FICTION / Horror
- Authors
- Serial murder investigation
- Serial murderers
- Teenage girls > Crimes against
- Maryland > Fiction
- Genre/Form
- Fiction.
- Horror fiction.
- Novels.
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 21-7806
- ISBN
- 9781982175160
- 1982175168
- OCLC
- 1201298242
- Author
- Chizmar, Richard, 1965- author.
- Title
- Chasing the boogeyman : a novel / Richard Chizmar.
- Publisher
- New York : Gallery Books, 2021.
- Copyright Date
- ©2021
- Edition
- First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Research Call Number
- JFE 21-7806