Showing posts with label Richard Chizmar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Richard Chizmar. Show all posts

Saturday, October 19, 2024

Memorials by Richard Chizmar

 

Memorials by Richard Chizmar - 477 pages


A group of students encounter a supernatural terror while on a road trip through Appalachia in this chilling new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the “unforgettable and scary” (Harlan Coben) Chasing the Boogeyman.

1983: Three students from a small college embark on a week-long road trip to film a documentary on roadside memorials for their American Studies class. The project starts out as a fun adventure with long stretches of empty road and nightly campfires where they begin to open up with one another.

But as they venture deeper into the Appalachian backwoods, the atmosphere begins to darken. They notice more and more of the memorials feature a strange, unsettling symbol hinting at a sinister secret. Paranoia sets in when it appears they are being followed. Their vehicle is tampered with overnight and some of the locals appear to be anything but welcoming. Before long, the students can’t help but wonder if these roadside deaths were really random accidents…or is something terrifying at work here?


I found the first 50-60% of this book to be boring and slow.  I really like this author's other books so I figured it was bound to get good. After powering through the last 40% of this book was pretty good.  The ending was very good.

Tuesday, August 1, 2023

Becoming the Boogeyman by Richard Chizmar

 

Becoming the Boogeyman by Richard Chizmar - 448 pages

A riveting, haunting sequel to the New York Times bestselling thriller Chasing the Boogeyman—a tale of obsession and the adulation of evil, exploring modern society’s true-crime obsession with unflinching honesty, sparing no one from the glare of the spotlight. Will those involved walk away from the story of a lifetime in order to keep their loved ones safe? Or will they once again be drawn into a killer’s web? As the story draws to its shattering conclusion, only one person holds all the answers—and he just may be the most terrifying monster of them all.


I love how the author writes himself into this story and how he weaves the story together bit by bit.  I really enjoyed this sequel and how it was written.  Very well done.