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A Novel by Paul Holtz

The Boogeyman's
Coming

He promised he'd bring her home. He intends to keep that promise.

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Some debts are paid in blood.
Some rescues cost everything.

Marcus Caine survived the battlefield. He wasn't supposed to — and he's never forgiven himself for it.

A Marine veteran carrying wounds no one can see, Marcus has spent years trying to outrun the memory of his best friend dying in his arms in a foreign desert. He's managed. Barely. Until the call comes that changes everything.

His best friend's niece — an innocent little girl with her whole life ahead of her — has been taken. Ripped away by ruthless drug dealers collecting on a debt her father never should have made. She's terrified. She's running out of time. And the people who have her don't plan on giving her back.

The police can't move fast enough. The system is too slow. But Marcus Caine can.

Assembling a tight-knit crew of the only people he trusts — close friends, a fellow veteran who's seen the same darkness he has, and the last person he expected to call — his ex-girlfriend, now an FBI agent with everything to lose — Marcus plunges headfirst into a violent criminal underworld where the rules are simple: kill or be killed.

But the deeper he goes, the louder the ghosts get.

His PTSD isn't just a memory. It's a loaded gun pointed at everything he's trying to protect. Every gunshot pulls him back to that battlefield. Every moment of silence threatens to swallow him whole. To save this little girl, Marcus won't just have to outfight a gang of ruthless drug dealers — he'll have to win a war raging inside his own mind.

The Boogeyman's Coming is a pulse-pounding, emotionally charged thriller about loyalty, sacrifice, and the kind of courage it takes not just to face your enemies — but to face yourself.

He promised he'd bring her home. He intends to keep that promise.

About the Author

Paul Holtz

Paul Holtz is the author of The Boogeyman's Coming, a relentless, pulse-pounding thriller that announces a bold new voice in American fiction. Born and raised in Illinois and now calling Florida home, Paul brings a grounded authenticity to his writing — channeling real-world intensity and a lifelong obsession with storytelling into narratives that feel as visceral as they are compelling.

His debut novel blends raw suspense, unflinching realism, and razor-sharp pacing, pulling readers headfirst into a world where the line between safety and danger is thinner than they ever imagined. Paul writes the kind of thriller that doesn't let you put it down — and doesn't let you forget it once you do.

When he's not crafting his next chapter, Paul finds his greatest inspiration closer to home — in the outdoors, in the company of close friends and family, and in the moments he creates with his daughter that remind him why stories matter in the first place.

The Boogeyman's Coming is the first chapter in what promises to be an electrifying series. The best is still to come.