The Chalk Man

Eddie Adams was 12 years old in 1986 when he witnessed a terrible accident at a fair that left a beautiful young girl's face mangled and her leg nearly severed. After Eddie helped administer first aid, he did not expect to see her again. Life continued as usual, with Eddie and his friends communicating through colored chalk drawings left outside one another's homes. One day, they were each called to meet in the park by chalk drawings no one claimed to have left. More drawings led them to the woods where they discovered the murdered and mutilated body of the girl from the fair. The murder was attributed to a teacher who was new in town and had befriended the girl. His suicide soon after the discovery of the girl's body conveniently wrapped up the crime. In 2016, Eddie and his friends begin to look at the 30-year-old mystery from a new perspective, and violence visits them again. Narrator Euan Morton smoothly and expertly distinguishes the voices of the varied characters.