Series: Book 3 in the Bill Hodges Trilogy series
Rating: Not rated
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Horror, Literary, United States, Mystery; Thriller & Suspense, Thrillers & Suspense, Crime, Murder, Supernatural, Suspense, Literary Fiction, Paranormal, Lang:en
Summary
The spectacular finale to the
New York Times bestselling trilogy that began with
Mr. Mercedes (winner of the Edgar Award) and
Finders Keepers—In
End of Watch, the diabolical “Mercedes
Killer” drives his enemies to suicide, and if Bill
Hodges and Holly Gibney don’t figure out a way to stop
him, they’ll be victims themselves. In Room 217 of the Lakes Region Traumatic Brain Injury
Clinic, something has awakened. Something evil. Brady
Hartsfield, perpetrator of the Mercedes Massacre, where eight
people were killed and many more were badly injured, has been
in the clinic for five years, in a vegetative state.
According to his doctors, anything approaching a complete
recovery is unlikely. But behind the drool and stare, Brady
is awake, and in possession of deadly new powers that allow
him to wreak unimaginable havoc without ever leaving his
hospital room. Retired police detective Bill Hodges, the unlikely hero of
Mr. Mercedes and
Finders Keepers, now runs an investigation agency
with his partner, Holly Gibney—the woman who delivered
the blow to Hartsfield’s head that put him on the brain
injury ward. When Bill and Holly are called to a suicide
scene with ties to the Mercedes Massacre, they find
themselves pulled into their most dangerous case yet, one
that will put their lives at risk, as well as those of
Bill’s heroic young friend Jerome Robinson and his
teenage sister, Barbara. Brady Hartsfield is back, and
planning revenge not just on Hodges and his friends, but on
an entire city. In
End of Watch, Stephen King brings the Hodges trilogy
to a sublimely terrifying conclusion, combining the detective
fiction of
Mr. Mercedes and
Finders Keepers with the heart-pounding,
supernatural suspense that has been his bestselling
trademark. The result is an unnerving look at human
vulnerability and chilling suspense. No one does it better
than King. **
An Amazon Best Book of June 2016: It has
been seven years since the Mercedes Killer, Brady Hartsfield,
was knocked on the head and put into a catatonic state. But
now he's awake, even if people haven't quite been clued into
that fact, and he's got a score to settle. His ultimate
quarry is the detective Bill Hodges, and as Brady gains his
faculties—as well as some new paranormal skills
(telekinesis anyone?)—people start committing suicide
at a mysterious and alarming rate. King hits his sweet spot
in this final episode of the Bill Hodges Trilogy, introducing
his talent for horror into a storyline that already has
featured some great detective writing. The result is a book
that mixes revenge, crime, and otherworldly powers, bringing
the trilogy to a thrilling, satisfying close.
--Chris Schluep, The Amazon Book Review
THE BEST THRILLER OF THE YEAR ... recommended to crime
buffs and King fans alike Sunday Express on MR MERCEDES I
challenge you not to read this book in one breathless sitting
Guardian on MR MERCEDES King continues to tweak the
hard-boiled genre in spectacular ways USA Today on FINDERS
KEEPERS A classic cat-and-mouse tale, this is King at his
rip-roaring best Mail on Sunday on FINDERS KEEPERS Fantastic
... In part a love letter to literature, this is vintage King
... Roll on the last in the trilogy Sunday Mirror on FINDERS
KEEPERS Amazon.com Review
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