Chasing the boogeyman : a novel / Richard Chizmar.
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, 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.
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- ISBN: 9781982175160
- ISBN: 1982175168
- ISBN: 9781982175177
- ISBN: 1982175176
- ISBN: 9781668062692
- Physical Description: xiii, 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Gallery Book edition
- Publisher: New York : Gallery Books, 2021.
- Copyright: ©2021
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- Foreword / by James Renner -- Introduction: "What kind of monster does that?" -- Town -- First girl -- Kacey -- Suspicion mounts -- July -- House of mannequins -- Maddy -- Boogeyman -- October country -- Aftermath -- Memorials -- Shotgun summer -- Questions -- April 2, 1989 -- Afterword: September 2019.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Andrews Public Library | F CHI (Text) | 80605003605838 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Bladen Main Branch | FIC CHI (Text) | 30441100839521 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Bordeaux Library | F CHIZMAR (Text) | 31781065854935 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Braswell Memorial Main Library | FIC Chizmer (Text) | 37807000030561 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Bunn Branch | F/Chizmar (Text) | 72350000107610 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Denton Public Library | F CHI (Text) | 25908007794543 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Dorothy Wightman Library | AFIC CHI (Text) | 30372101941588 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| East Regional Library | F CHIZMAR (Text) | 31781065854968 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Eden Library | Fic (Text) | 31554010808854 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Enka-Candler Library | F CHI (Text) | 0020513059772 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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