One Two Buckle My Shoe

by Jessie Hunter, Jessie Prichard Hunter

He steals little boys and kills them, thriving on the mothers' anguish. He is the Chocolate Man, a methodical serial killer who has already abducted seven children. But with number eight the Chocolate Man makes a terrible mistake: the child he takes is a little girl. Desperate and confused, this obsessive psychopath doesn't know what to do next--and neither do the police.While they scramble to predict the Chocolate Man's next move, terrified yet resourceful nine-year-old Emily Lookinland struggles to survive the clutches of a madman who is both grown-up monster and lonely child. And, caught in the middle of it all is Emily's grief-torn mother, a woman propelled by vengeance and hope, who will stop at nothing to rescue her daughter.

"Gripping suspense and a moving psychological portrait.. Turns the stereotype of the unstoppable, mechanical serial killer upside-down."
- Publishers Weekly

Genres: Fiction, Thriller, Mystery, Suspense, Contemporary

464 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Alternate pen name for author Jessie Prichard Hunter

Reviews

[Calliss]

I wanted to like it more than I did, because the story seemed interesting.

Sadly (for me at least) it never really got interesting, instead I felt a bit bored and sometimes irritated.

The girl seemed unreal so I could not connect with her in any way.

[Chana]

This is a creepy and disturbing book. Besides the main story, which is hair-raising by itself, she adds in other elements which are like spice. There is a sudden eye of horror which blinks open when character Laurie thinks about her grandfather, scared the heck out of me, but it closes again practically before it was absorbed by the reader. Then she pulls us along on a thread of sweetness in a sub-plot involving the detectives. The winding ends us up tightly and let's us go with a righteously creepy and sad last line. Very well written.

[Mandy]

One of the best books I have ever read! It kept me up very late at night because I didn't want to put it down! Highly recommend this book!

[Daniel Lassiter]

It would've been better if he killed the kid and mother or just the kid. Vengeance is often a great motive despite the fact that you can't take the law into your own hands. Or if he had gotten away with it altogether.

[Monica]

My favorite of this autohor so far!

[Patricia Legault]

Really great book. Kept me on my toes. Such a page turner. Laurie and Emily are great characters. And I loved everything about the chocolate man. One two three four five six seven.

[Kari Bates]

Crazy plot and story was intense but still couldn't put it down

[Jenny B]

I picked it up from the true crime section at a used book store. The whole time I was reading it I thought it was a real story. I was relived when I figured out it was fiction but sadly there are real monsters like this in our world.

[Cheri]

I thought about giving it two stars, but that seems harsh. It was just meh.

[Jeanette Stevens]

The story line was great and terrifying at the same time, yet I felt the author could have done more to keep me interested. I loved how it started,but for me, the middle grew slow.