Book description
When an eleven-year-old boy is found murdered in a town park, reliable eyewitnesses undeniably point to the town's popular Little League coach, Terry Maitland, as the culprit. DNA evidence and fingerprints confirm the crime was committed by this well-loved family man.
Horrified by the brutal killing, Detective Ralph Anderson, whose…
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5 authors picked The Outsider as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This is a classic Stephen King. I call it a "I'm to mess with your head" kind of book. Which I love with his stories. It is easy to read and keeps you wondering what really is going on.
As always, I feel that my namesake is the number one author for creating characters you not only feel for but fear for. The premise of this book is startlingly good: How can a person be in two different places at once and murder someone?
The first part of this story is set in the here and now, not in the supernatural. It is only as the investigation deepens that we begin to see the horror that is The Outsider. The protagonist, a person we can all relate to, finds it very difficult, if not impossible, to believe that the…
Stephen King introduced the innocent, unfiltered but extremely observant Holly Gibney in the phenomenal Mr. Mercedes.
King himself says, “...she more or less stole the book, and she stole my heart.” I completely agree, so much so she was a massive influence on Tilly Bradshaw, the super-sheltered, super-intelligent nerdy sidekick from my own Washington Poe series. She’s the first of three sidekicks in this list who will go on to get a book of their own.
Holly is out September 2023 and it’s the book I’m most looking forward to this year.
From M.W.'s list on sidekicks in crime fiction.
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Friends Like These
Joth Proctor is an under-employed, criminal defense lawyer based in Arlington, Virginia, where a mix of southern charm, shady business dealings, and Washington, D.C. intrigue pervade the story. Upon the suspicious death of the wife of a close friend, Proctor enters a tangled web of drug and alcohol abuse, real…
Fans of Stephen King’s horror will be happy. Fans of Stephen King’s suspense will be even happier. This book is undeniably long, but is absolutely impossible to put down. Another purchase I made in an airport, I found it completely riveting. This is one of those books that you will think about long after you put it down. Stephen King is masterful and his writing in this story is as close to perfect as any book I’ve ever read.
From Carl's list on to bring on an airplane/vacation.
What if a thing could replicate a living person and cause havoc on humans in a doppelgänger body? As with most King stories, you get the chills and thrills here. However, what readers don't talk enough about with King are his characters and why we care about them. And he's in top form here in not rehashing characters as some authors do—they are so unique and on point.
A vintage King story. Very good.
From William's list on “what if” books that will have you thinking “WTF”.
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Friends Like These
Joth Proctor is an under-employed, criminal defense lawyer based in Arlington, Virginia, where a mix of southern charm, shady business dealings, and Washington, D.C. intrigue pervade the story. Upon the suspicious death of the wife of a close friend, Proctor enters a tangled web of drug and alcohol abuse, real…
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