2016 Audie Award Finalist for Best Male Narrator
The second book in Stephen Kingâs Bill Hodges trilogy (Mr. Mercedes, Finders Keepers, End of Watch)ânow an AT&T Audience Original Series!
âStephen Kingâs superb stay-up-all-night thriller is a sly tale of literary obsession that recalls the themes of his classic 1987 novel Miseryâ (The Washington Post)âthe #1 New York Times bestseller about the power of storytelling, starring the same trio of unlikely and winning heroes Stephen King introduced in Mr. Mercedes.
âWake up, genius.â So announces deranged fan Morris Bellamy to iconic author John Rothstein, who once created the famous character Jimmy Gold and hasnât released anything since. Morris is livid, not just because his favorite writer has stopped publishing, but because Jimmy Gold ended up as a sellout. Morris kills his idol and empties his safe of cash, but the real haul is a collection of notebooks containing John Rothsteinâs unpublished work...including at least one more Jimmy Gold novel. Morris hides everything awayâthe money and the manuscripts no one but Gold ever sawâbefore being locked up for another horrific crime. But upon Morrisâs release thirty-five years later, heâs about to discover that teenager Pete Saubers has already found the stolen treasureâand no one but former police detective Bill Hodges, along with his trusted associates Holly Gibney and Jerome Robinson, stands in the way of his vengeance...
Not since Misery has Stephen King played with the notion of a reader and murderous obsession, filled with ânail biting suspense thatâs the hallmark of [his] best workâ (Publishers Weekly).
Holly
11/23/2023
I think I enjoyed it even more than the first one. Donât know how to explain it. Peter and Morrisâs stories were so complete and perfect by their own that I even forgot that Hudges, Holly and Jerome had to appear, and even their part were amazing. What an amazing and terrible journey.