A masterful, intensely suspenseful novel about a reader whose obsession
with a reclusive writer goes far too far--a book about the power of
storytelling, starring the same trio of unlikely and winning heroes King
introduced in Mr. Mercedes . "Wake up, genius." So begins King's
instantly riveting story about a vengeful reader. The genius is John
Rothstein, an iconic author who created a famous character, Jimmy Gold,
but who hasn't published a book for decades. Morris Bellamy is livid,
not just because Rothstein has stopped providing books, but because the
nonconformist Jimmy Gold has sold out for a career in advertising.
Morris kills Rothstein and empties his safe of cash, yes, but the real
treasure is a trove of notebooks containing at least one more Gold
novel. Morris hides the money and the notebooks, and then he is locked
away for another crime. Decades later, a boy named Pete Saubers finds
the treasure, and now it is Pete and his family that Bill Hodges, Holly
Gibney, and Jerome Robinson must rescue from the ever-more deranged and
vengeful Morris when he's released from prison after thirty-five years.
Not since Misery has King played with the notion of a reader whose
obsession with a writer gets dangerous. Finders Keepers is spectacular,
heart-pounding suspense, but it is also King writing about how
literature shapes a life--for good, for bad, forever.