Author: Richard Chizmar 

Started: October 28, 2024 

Finished: October 31, 2024 

Format: Digital 

Genre: Horror 

 

Three students go on a week-long trip to document the memorials left on the side of the road after an accident. As they travel deeper into the Appalachian forest, there is a shift in the atmosphere, and they begin to believe that they are being followed. They also find strange symbols on all the memorials they visit. Something is very wrong, and they need to figure out what it is. 

 

The author notes that this is his longest book to date and it feels that way.  I have devoured the Boogeyman duo and love Chizmar's writing but I found this one clunky and overdone. The storyline is intriguing but becomes bogged down in the middle. Taking place in the 80s, the author includes some well-known frights which are fun. The second to last chapter is where the action is and then goes directly to dialogue. Not a disappointing book but I expected more.