'I'm at the scene of what appears to be a murder-suicide. The cell rings twice, and then his old partner in his ear. Finders Keepers is spectacular suspense, and it is King writing about how literature shapes a life for good, for bad, for ever. Not since Misery has King written with such visceral power about a reader with such a dangerous obsession. Now it's up to retired detective Bill Hodges - running an investigative company called 'Finders Keepers' - to rescue Pete from an ever-more deranged and vengeful Morris. And he's hell-bent on recovering his treasure. 2014: After thirty-five years in prison, Morris is up for parole. 2009: Pete Saubers, a boy whose father was brutally injured by a stolen Mercedes, discovers a buried trunk containing cash and Rothstein's notebooks. 1978: Morris Bellamy is a reader so obsessed by America's iconic author John Rothstein that he is prepared to kill for a trove of notebooks containing at least one more unpublished novel.

Now he's preparing to kill again Each starts to close in on the other in a mega-stakes race against time.Ī riveting crime thriller about a reader whose obsession with a reclusive writer goes too far, featuring the same trio of unlikely and winning heroes King introduced in MR MERCEDES. Brady Hartsfield, perpetrator of that notorious crime, has sent Hodges a taunting letter.

1 bestseller introduces retired cop Bill Hodges in a race against time to apprehend a killer A cat-and-mouse suspense thriller featuring Bill Hodges, a retired cop who is tormented by 'the Mercedes massacre', a case he never solved. Described as 'the best thriller of the year' Sunday Express, the No.

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