Well done - like others I kept thinking this was a true story - even when I knew it wasn't. This is one time that I wish I had the actual book instead of audio. I googled to find the pictures - but couldn't find them all. The writing style in the beginning reminds me of Bill Bryson - all reminiscent about his growing up days in Edgewood, Maryland - I kept thinking - when are we going to get to the murders? 
In the end - Chizmar gives us a well done mystery.  Using himself as the narrator - he tells us the story of three murders that occured in an 18 month period in his hometown. A recent college graduate, he was starting his career running Cemetery Dance, a real life magazine and book publisher - when the first fictional murder occurs. Twisting reality in with his fiction - Chizmar leads us down the path he took investigating the murders with the help of a friend who works for the local paper. Together they interview family members of the victims, become friends with the lead investigating officer, and keep us wondering who the murderer was.