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About the Book
THE USA TODAY BESTSELLER
“A small-town nightmare straight out of Ray Bradbury country...with a dark dash of Thomas Harris’s The Silence of the Lambs.” —STEPHEN KING
The terrifying horror trilogy finale to the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling series that includes Chasing the Boogeyman and Becoming the Boogeyman from “one of horror’s indispensable writers” (Paste).
Notorious serial killer Joshua Gallagher—dubbed “the Boogeyman” by the media—has vanished from prison. One moment, he was locked inside a maximum-security cell; the next, he was gone, leaving behind on the wall a crude hangman puzzle and two chilling words: IT’S TIME.
Now, days later, the world is coming apart again. Bodies are turning up near writer and Gallagher confidante Richard Chizmar’s home, echoing the Boogeyman’s signature horrors. The news frenzy reignites while the police chase shadows...even as Gallagher’s twisted true crime fanbase celebrates online, acknowledging that he’s something more than human now.
To everyone else, it’s a desperate hunt for answers. To Chizmar, it’s more like destiny closing in. The evidence, the sightings, the voices in the dark all point to one unthinkable conclusion: the Boogeyman never left. And very soon, Chizmar must come face-to-face with the thing wearing Gallagher’s skin, and learns all too quickly that some nightmares don’t return—they evolve.
“Richard Chizmar delves deep into our worst fears and touches the darkness that lives there.” —S. A. Cosby
“A small-town nightmare straight out of Ray Bradbury country...with a dark dash of Thomas Harris’s The Silence of the Lambs.” —STEPHEN KING
The terrifying horror trilogy finale to the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling series that includes Chasing the Boogeyman and Becoming the Boogeyman from “one of horror’s indispensable writers” (Paste).
Notorious serial killer Joshua Gallagher—dubbed “the Boogeyman” by the media—has vanished from prison. One moment, he was locked inside a maximum-security cell; the next, he was gone, leaving behind on the wall a crude hangman puzzle and two chilling words: IT’S TIME.
Now, days later, the world is coming apart again. Bodies are turning up near writer and Gallagher confidante Richard Chizmar’s home, echoing the Boogeyman’s signature horrors. The news frenzy reignites while the police chase shadows...even as Gallagher’s twisted true crime fanbase celebrates online, acknowledging that he’s something more than human now.
To everyone else, it’s a desperate hunt for answers. To Chizmar, it’s more like destiny closing in. The evidence, the sightings, the voices in the dark all point to one unthinkable conclusion: the Boogeyman never left. And very soon, Chizmar must come face-to-face with the thing wearing Gallagher’s skin, and learns all too quickly that some nightmares don’t return—they evolve.
“Richard Chizmar delves deep into our worst fears and touches the darkness that lives there.” —S. A. Cosby
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About the Author
Carly Albright
Richard Chizmar is the author of New York Times bestselling novels Chasing the Boogeyman, Becoming the Boogeyman, Memorials, and Widow’s Point: The Complete Haunting (cowritten with son, W.H. Chizmar), the USA TODAY bestseller Killing the Boogeyman, and coauthor (with Stephen King) of the New York Times bestselling novella Gwendy’s Button Box, the novel Gwendy’s Final Task, and the solo novella Gwendy’s Magic Feather. His short fiction has appeared in dozens of publications, most recently, the bestselling anthology, The End of The World as We Know It: New Stories of Stephen King’s The Stand. He is the founder and publisher of the specialty press publisher of horror and dark suspense, Cemetery Dance. He has won two World Fantasy awards, four International Horror Guild awards, and the HWA’s Board of Trustees award. Chizmar’s work has been translated into more than fifteen languages throughout the world, and he has appeared at numerous conferences as a writing instructor, speaker, panelist, and guest of honor. Follow him on X, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Bluesky: @RichardChizmar, or visit his website at RichardChizmar.com.
Product Details
- Publisher: Gallery Books (October 6, 2026)
- Length: 336 pages
- ISBN13: 9781668083833
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Raves and Reviews
“Can’t-put-down scary!” —HARLAN COBEN
“An absolute triumph! A perfect blend of nostalgia and horror, terror and hope, fact and fiction, The Boogeyman series will have readers racing to its thrilling conclusion and still demanding more. Richard Chizmar is a literary force to be reckoned with!” —Erin A. Craig, #1 New York Times bestselling author
"Killing the Boogeyman is candy for Gen-X and so much more. I thought I wouldn’t need Xanax because I’ve read the first two novels in this unique, breathtaking series. Ha—joke’s on me. Chizmar now hits it even farther out of the very dark park.” —CAROLINE KEPNES, New York Times bestselling author of You
“A fantastic, blood-soaked, intimate psychological journey into the mind of madmen, both hero and villain…[The] non-linear style keeps a pulse-pounding pace, setting the series apart from the saturated market of fictional masked marauders. Scream score: 9/10.” —Horror Nation
“[The Boogeyman trilogy is] one of the smartest, most riveting series of novels in recent memory…Chizmar’s writing style very much…how it felt to read Stephen King for the first time…His ability to craft characters and scenarios that totally engulf your imagination is second to none…Harrowing, maddening, thrilling, this book has just about every ‘ing’ you can dream up. The pages fly by, and when you hit that last page, breathless, nerves frayed—you have to fight that instinct to just start over again and get some sleep because the boogeyman never rests, and you have to have your wits about you if you’re going to survive it all again. 5 out of 5 burlap sack masks for this horror hit of the year.” —Gruesome Magazine
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