Holly Gibney, one of Stephen King’s most compelling and ingeniously resourceful characters, returns in this thrilling novel to uncover the gruesome truth behind multiple disappearances in a Midwestern town.<\/b><\/p>\n
‘I could never let Holly Gibney go. She was supposed to be a walk-on character in Mr Mercedes <\/i>and she just kind of stole the book and stole my heart. Holly <\/i>is all her’ STEPHEN KING<\/b><\/p>\n
Bonnie Dahl is missing . . . <\/p>\n
Holly Gibney of the Finders Keepers detective agency is meant to be on leave. But she finds it impossible to turn down Bonnie’s mother’s desperate request for help. <\/p>\n
Then she discovers a single earring close to the location of Bonnie’s abandoned bike. <\/p>\n
Mere blocks from where Bonnie Dahl disappeared live Professors Rodney and Emily Harris. They are the picture of bourgeois respectability: semi-retired lifelong academics. But they are harbouring a savage secret in the basement of their book-lined home. <\/p>\n
Now Holly must summon all her formidable talents if she is to uncover the truth behind multiple disappearances in her Midwestern town.<\/p>\n
‘Holly Gibney has matured into one of [King’s] most memorable creations – a resourceful private investigator . . . Truly chilling, it aptly demonstrates King’s inimitable talent as a storyteller’ Daily Mail<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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 Dahl’s 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 harbouring an unholy secret in the basement of their well-kept, book-lined home, one that may be related to Bonnie’s disappearance. And it will prove nearly impossible to discover what they are up to: they are savvy, they are patient, and they are ruthless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[225],"product_tag":[26934,26849],"class_list":{"0":"post-104943","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","5":"product_cat-sci-fi-fantasy","6":"product_tag-contemporary-horror","7":"product_tag-thriller-suspense-fiction","8":"pa_book_author-king-stephen","9":"pa_cover-paperback","10":"pa_dewey-813-6-edition23","11":"pa_edition-1st-paperback-ed","12":"pa_imprint-hodder-stoughton","13":"pa_language-english","14":"pa_pages-8336","15":"pa_publisher-hodder-stoughton","16":"pa_readership-general-trade-code-k","18":"first","19":"instock","20":"taxable","21":"shipping-taxable","22":"purchasable","23":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"\n