In the summer of 1988, the mutilated bodies of several missing girls turns up in a small Maryland town. A serial killer in on the loose in a quiet suburb. Richard Chizmar returns to his hometown just as a curfew is enacted and a neighborhood watch is formed. Preparing for his wedding and embarking on a writing career, he soon finds himself thrust into a real-life horror story. Richard writes a personal account of the serial killer reign of terror, unaware that these events will continue to hound him for years to come. This is a clever, terrifying and heartrending work of metafiction. It is a marriage between horror fiction and true crime. The fact that this is made-up fiction is very shocking but very unique. I loved this book and would like to thank Richard for this overwhelming experience. I will definitely be reading another book by him.
I have a hard time reading true crime books as the authors tend to do too much describing and this one is no exception, way too many descriptions of everything that really isn't necessary
This is written in the format of true crime based on personal experience of the author BUT---
Please read the author's note at the end of the book and it will tell how this book came to be written, eye opener
I'll only give it a 3 rating after reading the author's note at the end
This is written in the format of true crime based on personal experience of the author BUT---
Please read the author's note at the end of the book and it will tell how this book came to be written, eye opener
I'll only give it a 3 rating after reading the author's note at the end
