December Park

In the fall of 1993, the quiet suburb of Harting Farms is shocked when children begin to vanish, and one is found dead near December Park - a great, sweeping expanse that is sunken below the streets and surrounded on three sides by vast woodlands, a place children believe is haunted. Newspapers call the abductor the Piper because he has come to lead children away, while kids whisper darker names for him in the school halls. Angelo Mazzone and his friends discover a link to the dead girl and take up the search for the killer, vowing to stop the Piper's reign of terror. Their teenage pledge becomes a journey of self-discovery and an odyssey into the darkness of their own hometown.

©2014 Ronald Malfi (P)2017 Journalstone Publishing

Great boys tale!

This book is at heart a tale of teenage boys while having lots of tension, it is at heart a tale of the bond teenage boys have.

Meh.

Narrator was monotone. Boring story but not enough to make me quit. Some inexplicably stupid things happen, I made to the end feeling a little empty.

Well done coming of age

5 young boys are on a journey to find a serial killer. You follow them as they go through scary woods and abandoned buildings. How they deal with bullies and police tailing them.
It was slow at some points… well not slow necessarily but it felt like there wasn’t really any action. Definitely a slow but steady build up.
There were times where I wished they went to the cops with some of their findings but it’s all part of the progress and the growth of these young teenagers.
If you like coming of age suspense this would be a good read for you.

My favorite of Malfi's yet

It's an amazing, heart-wrenching story. I found myself in tears by the end of it. Very well written and as embarrassed as I am to say I am just now discovering the works of Mafli, I am excited to read and listen to more of his books.

Excellent!

I listened from start to finish in one go. The narrator is fantastic and the pacing of the book is excellent. So so good.