Finders Keepers: A Novel (The Bill Hodges Trilogy)
Finders Keepers: A Novel (The Bill Hodges Trilogy) book cover

Finders Keepers: A Novel (The Bill Hodges Trilogy)

Paperback – August 29, 2017

Price
$14.99
Format
Paperback
Pages
432
Publisher
Gallery Books
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-1501190360
Dimensions
5.31 x 1.08 x 8.25 inches
Weight
14.4 ounces

Description

Praise for Finders Keepers “Stephen King’s superb new stay-up-all-night thriller, Finders Keepers , is a sly,often poignant tale of literary obsession that recalls the themes of his classic 1987 novel Misery …a love letter to the joys of reading and to American literature… wonderful, scary, moving.” ― Elizabeth Hand, The Washington Post “[A] taut thriller about the thin line separating fandom from fanaticism…Bellamy is one of King’s creepiest creations—a literate and intelligent character whom any passionate reader will both identify with and be repelled by. His relentless pursuit of a treasure that his twisted thinking has determined is rightfully his generates the nail biting suspense that’s the hallmark of King’s best work. A sharp closing twist suggests Hodges will be back.” ― Publishers Weekly “King’s many, many fans will want this, especially those who enjoyed Misery , but the second volume in King’s projected trilogy will appeal to anyone who enjoys suspense and action, or anyone who finds enlightenment in reading about the internal struggle between right and wrong. It’s not necessary to have read the previous book to enjoy this one.” ― Library Journal “As in Misery and TheShining , King swan dives into the looniness lurking at both ends of the writer-reader transaction…the narrative hums and roars along like a high-performance vehicle…a rip-snorting entertainment; one that also works as a sneaky-smart satire of literary criticism and how even the most attentive readers can often miss the wholepoint.” ― Kirkus Reviews, starred review "The new book is so good, being at least mildly obsessed with it is understandable. The finest thing about it, however, is that the author has another story to tell before the finale of this excellent series.” ― USA Today Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers.xa0His recent work includes Holly , Fairy Tale , Billy Summers , If It Bleeds , The Institute , Elevation , The Outsider , Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: End of Watch , Findersxa0Keepers ,xa0and Mr. Mercedes (an Edgar Award winnerxa0for Best Novel and a television series streaming on Peacock). His novel 11/22/63 was named axa0top ten book of 2011 by Thexa0New York Timesxa0Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller. His epic works The Dark Tower , It , Pet Sematary , Doctor Sleep , and Firestarter are the basis forxa0major motion pictures, with It now the highest-grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipientxa0of the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, thexa02014 National Medal of Arts, and thexa02003 National Book Foundation Medal forxa0Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.xa0He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife,xa0novelist Tabitha King.

Features & Highlights

  • Now an AT&T Audience Original Series
  • A masterful, intensely suspenseful novel about a reader whose obsession with a reclusive writer goes much too far—the #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
  • .
  • “Wake up, genius.” So announces deranged fan Morris Bellamy to iconic author John Rothstein, who once created the famous character Jimmy Gold and hasn’t 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 Rothstein’s unpublished work...including at least one more Jimmy Gold novel. Morris hides everything away before being locked up for another horrific crime. But upon Morris’s release thirty-five years later, he’s about to discover that teenager Pete Saubers has already found the stolen treasure—and 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, in this #1 acclaimed bestseller filled with “nail biting suspense that’s the hallmark of [his] best work” (
  • Publishers Weekly
  • ).

Customer Reviews

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Most Helpful Reviews

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Not at all like other Steven King thrillers

The book is wordy, repetitive, and disjointed. I suspect it was written by ghostwriters.
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Instead

It’s a good book
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Gift

Liked
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Great read

Love his work! Always been a fan
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Great reading

Great book
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Book 2 of Trilogy

If you liked Mr. Mercedes, this is the 2nd book of the trilogy. This one was great. Bought all 3.
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Small Letdown From Mr. Mercedes

I thought this one was a bit of a letdown from Mr. Mercedes. Characters and plot were okay but I thought in several key places, the characters made some intuitive leaps that seemed a bit far and not very realistic. People just seemed to figure stuff out quickly exactly where King needed them to.

Far from a waste of time but not up to King's usual high standard.
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look

nice
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Enjoyed

Loved it
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Decent

Good book