#1 New York Times Bestseller * New York Times Notable Book * NPR Best Book of the Year
Holly Gibney, one of Stephen Kingâs most compelling and resourceful characters, returns in this chilling novel to solve the gruesome truth behind multiple disappearances in a midwestern town.
âSometimes the universe throws you a rope.â âBILL HODGES
Stephen Kingâs Holly marks the triumphant return of beloved King character Holly Gibney. Readers have witnessed Hollyâs gradual transformation from a shy (but also brave and ethical) recluse in Mr. Mercedes to Bill Hodgesâs partner in Finders Keepers to a full-fledged, smart, and occasionally tough private detective in The Outsider. In Kingâs new novel, Holly is on her own, and up against a pair of unimaginably depraved and brilliantly disguised adversaries.
When Penny Dahl calls the Finders Keepers detective agency hoping for help locating her missing daughter, Holly is reluctant to accept the case. Her partner, Pete, has Covid. Her (very complicated) mother has just died. And Holly is meant to be on leave. But something in Penny Dahlâs desperate voice makes it impossible for Holly to turn her down.
Mere blocks from where Bonnie Dahl disappeared live Professors Rodney and Emily Harris. They are the picture of bourgeois respectability: married octogenarians, devoted to each other, and semi-retired lifelong academics. But they are harboring an unholy secret in the basement of their well-kept, book-lined home, one that may be related to Bonnieâs disappearance. And it will prove nearly impossible to discover what they are up to: they are savvy, they are patient, and they are ruthless.
Holly must summon all her formidable talents to outthink and outmaneuver the shockingly twisted professors in this chilling new masterwork from Stephen King.
âI could never let Holly Gibney go. She was supposed to be a walk-on character in Mr. Mercedes and she just kind of stole the book and stole my heart. Holly is all her.â âSTEPHEN KING
Marie
2024-03-23
Det Ă€r inte ofta jag orkar lyssna igenom en hel bok men den hĂ€r boken kunde jag inte sluta lyssna till, upplĂ€saren gav liv Ă„t berĂ€ttelsen och jag önskar det fanns fler böcker med hennes röst. Stephen King blir bara bĂ€ttre med Ă„ren. Ălskade Holly och Mr Mercedes serien. Fairy Tale likasĂ„.
Jupiter
2024-02-27
I really appreciate this character and the story has a lot of good parts in it. But this is more like a normal detective novel, not really what I want when I open a Stephen King novel Iâm afraid⊠If I had started the story knowing that I probably would have enjoyed it more. I do love Holly and hope to follow more stories where sheâs the main character.
Sophia
2023-10-25
Engelska versionen, med en helt fantastisk upplÀsare!