Finders Keepers

By Stephen King

Part of the The Bill Hodges Trilogy series

A fan's obsession turns deadly over lost manuscripts, igniting a dangerous chase for hidden treasures.

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417 pages

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Bookroo's summary

Morris Bellamy's obsession with a reclusive author leads to murder and a hidden stash of unpublished works. Decades later, teenager Pete Saubers stumbles upon this literary treasure, unaware of the danger it brings. As Morris seeks revenge, former detective Bill Hodges and his team must protect Pete and unravel a deadly game of cat and mouse. Will they stop Morris before it's too late? Dive into a world where storytelling becomes a matter of life and death, and the past refuses to stay buried.

From the publisher

The second book in Stephen King’s Bill Hodges trilogy (Mr. Mercedes, Finders Keepers, End of Watch) “Stephen King’s superb stay-up-all-night thriller is a sly tale of literary obsession that recalls the themes of his classic 1987 novel Misery” (The Washington Post)–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kills his idol and empties his safe of cash, but the real haul is a collection of notebooks containing John Rothstein’s unpublished work…including at least one more Jimmy Gold novel.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–the money and the manuscripts no one but Gold ever saw–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, filled with “nail biting suspense that’s the hallmark of [his] best work” (Publishers Weekly).

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