Books by Stephen King

Book Synopsis*THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER*Holly Gibney, one of Stephen King''s most compelling and ingeniously resourceful characters, returns in this thrilling novel to solve the gruesome truth behind multiple disappearances in a Midwestern town.Stephen King''s HOLLY marks the triumphant return of beloved King character Holly Gibney. Readers have witnessed Holly''s gradual transformation from a shy (but also brave and ethical) recluse in Mr Mercedes to Bill Hodges''s partner in Finders Keepers to a full-fledged, smart, and occasionally tough private detective in The Outsider. In King''s new novel, Holly is on her own, and up against a pair of unimaginably depraved and brilliantly disguised adversaries.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 Trade ReviewNot content with being the master of horror and fantasy, in recent years Stephen King has earned a place among America's finest crime writers * Sunday Express *Undeniably one of the greatest storytellers of the past century, Stephen King is a master at revealing the horrors that lurk beneath the surface of what looks like ordinary life * Daily Mail *King's wonderfully awkward private detective Holly Gibney returns in this black-hearted parable of American life in the Covid era... As horrifying as anything King has written * Mail on Sunday *Stephen King's prolific late flowering continues with a new outing for his detective Holly Gibney, chasing down serial killers in Holly * Guardian *Lavished with the kind of dialogue most mortal writers can only dream of crafting... When it comes to the four-wheeled page-turner, Stephen King is like a vintage car enthusiast... King's portrait of Holly is sympathetic, subtle and seductive. His ability to recruit his audience to the colours is just one of his best qualities as a compulsively entertaining artist... brilliantly observed... very moving... He understands, better than almost any living writer, how to suspend disbelief... Good prose, King demonstrates, does not work in the way some writing schools pretend, by trying to crack some hidden code, master a witchy formula, or unearth the golden key to narrative magic. Fiction succeeds when it gets inside the reader's head, and engages our secret hearts and minds. * Robert McCrum, Independent *Masterful... lyrical and horrifying * Catriona Ward, Guardian *Nail-biting and disturbing, it turns into a helter-skelter race to the finish line * Alison Flood, Observer *Chilling... Holly has appeared in King's fiction before, but this is the first time she has taken a starring role and she is certainly worth a novel in her own right... Nail-biting crime fiction and a dystopian vision of contemporary America * Sunday Times *A chilling mystery from the thriller master * i *From a classic hard-boiled premise, the investigation unspools in rich, generous storytelling... What makes King's work so much more frightening than that of most other suspense writers, what elevates it to night-terror levels, isn't his cruelty to his characters: It's his kindness * New York Times *King at his gruesome best * Afterword *King has conjoined his mastery of the macabre to an equal command of the crime genre... [he] transfixes us as thoroughly as ever * Financial Times *Beautifully constructed... Masterful entertainment * Sunday Business Post *A masterpiece of thriller fiction... in HOLLY there are enough edge of the seat moments, enough gross moments, enough nerve-jangling moments to satisfy the most ardent of Stephen King fans... it's an enormously satisfying read... you will not be disappointed! * Books Monthly *Truly chilling, it aptly demonstrates King's inimitable talent as a storyteller * Daily Mail *Once again, King proves he is the master of versatility with this brilliant edgy thriller * The Sun *A richly imagined and grisly tale... Holly is wholly her own. She's a thorny, determined protagonist... A compelling page-turner * Sunday Independent (Ireland) *A twisty tale that engages the reader from the first page and keeps you enthralled * Press Association *Stephen King has always been a first-rate storyteller. . . Holly is as nuanced as anything he has done. * The Times, Thriller of the Month *Holly is a formidably dogged and persistent investigator... This is Stephen King at his hardcore crime thriller best, and the delightful Holly Gibney is a real keeper * Irish Independent *This compelling read about the nature of evil and the dangers of bad science will keep you gripped to the last page * Sunday Express *Holly has horror and heart by the bucket-load... seeing Gibney spread her wings is a joy * Hot Press Magazine *Holly Gibney has matured into one of the storyteller's most memorable creations * Daily Mail *If you want to properly scare someone this Christmas, then I'd advise plumping for Stephen King's new novel . . . Utterly nail-biting - and loads of fun * Observer *A bone-chilling look at the consequences of bad science, this gripping read explores the very nature of evil * Daily Mirror *

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Book SynopsisNow with a stunning new cover look, comes a ''supreme page turner . . . and a plot that will keep you awake at night'' (GQ) from the ultimate storyteller.You''ll lose a lot of sleep.Ralph does. After his wife dies, he starts waking up earlier. And earlier. Then he starts to observe some strange things going on in the small town of Derry, Maine - auras, coloured ribbons streaming from people''s heads, and two little men wandering about after dark.That''s when Ralph begins to lose a lot more than sleep. He realises that his hitherto mild-mannered friend, Ed, is getting dangerously out of control. And now he is terrified that his home town is about to become the new Armageddon . . .Trade ReviewPopular fiction at its best. * The Times *A supreme page turner . . . and a plot that will keep you awake at night. * GQ *

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Book SynopsisWith a stunning new cover look, King''s bestselling supernatural tale about a boy, his girlfriend and a possessed ''58 Plymouth Fury called Christine.This is the story of a lover''s triangle . . . It was bad from the start. And it got worse in a hurry.Christine is eating into his mind, burrowing into his unconscious.Christine, blood-red, fat, and finned, is twenty. Her promise lies all in her past. Greedy and big, she is Arnie''s obsession, a ''58 Plymouth Fury. Broken down but not finished.There is still power in her - a frightening power that leaks like sump oil, staining and corrupting. A malign power that corrodes the mind and turns ownership into Possession.Trade ReviewKing can make the flesh creep half a world away * The Times *King can make the flesh creep half a world away * The Times *King has no equal * Guardian *King has no equal * Guardian *Stephen King is one of America's finest writers * Scotsman *As a storyteller King is unbeatable * Mirror *

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Book SynopsisKing''s Number One bestselling suspense novel, ''a compelling masterpiece'' (Sunday Telegraph) about a housekeeper with a long-hidden secret from her past, now with a stunning new cover look.The sheets . . . had to be hung perfectly. She''d go to that window, year in and year out and yell at me: ''Six pins, now, Dolores! You mind me, now . . . I''m counting, and my eyes are just as good now as they ever were!When Vera Donovan is found dead at the bottom of the stairs, the police want to question her housekeeper Dolores Claiborne. And Dolores does have a confession to make. But it''s not what the police are expecting to hear as they listen to her life story - a story which hearkens back to her abusive marriage and the suspicious death of her husband in the small Maine community of Little Tall Island.Dolores Claiborne has a story to tell. And you''d better pay attention or else.Trade ReviewOnly a novelist of the very first rank could combine comedy and tragedy so judiciously * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *

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Book SynopsisNow with a stunning new cover look comes THE DARK TOWER, the seventh captivating volume in King''s epic fantasy series THE DARK TOWER.The final book in King''s epic The Dark Tower series, sees gunslinger Roland on a roller-coaster ride of exhilarating triumph and aching loss in his unrelenting quest to reach the dark tower.Roland Deschain and his ka-tet have journeyed together and apart, scattered far and wide across multilayered worlds of wheres and whens. The destinies of Roland, Susannah, Jake, Father Callahan, Oy, and Eddie are bound in the Dark Tower itself, which now pulls them ever closer to their own endings and beginnings and into a maelstrom of emotion, violence, and discovery.And as he closes in on the Tower, Roland''s every step is shadowed by a terrible and sinister creation. Finally, he realises, he may have to walk the last dark strait alone...JOIN THE QUEST FOR THE DARK TOWER...''King''s magnificent uberstoTrade ReviewKing's magnificent uberstory is finally complete... King's achievement is startling; his characters fresh... his plot sharply drawn... It is magic. * Daily Express on THE DARK TOWER *Join the quest before it's too late * Independent on Sunday on THE SONG OF SUSANNAH *

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Book Synopsis''A gripping and satisfyingly scary'' (Sunday Telegraph) bumper collection of RIVETING, DARK STORIES from the No. 1 bestselling master of the form, now with a stunning new cover look.Just after sunset, as darkness grips the imagination, is the time when you feel the unexpected creep into the every day. As familiar journeys take a different turn, ordinary objects assume extraordinary powers.A blind intruder visits a dying man - and saves his life, with a kiss. A woman receives a phone call from her husband. Her late husband. In the emotional aftermath of her baby''s sudden death, Emily starts running. And running. Her curiosity leads her right into the hands of a murderer . . . and soon her legs are her only hope for survival.Enter a world of masterful suspense, dark comedy and thrilling twists which will keep you riveted from the first page.Enter the world of No. 1 bestseller Stephen King.Stories includeTrade ReviewSpooky, mysterious, gripping and satisfyingly scary * Sunday Telegraph *King has the ability to capture the reader's imagination from the first page of each tale with his clever and terrifying storytelling. It is impossible to put the book down * Sun *

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Book SynopsisNow with a stunning new cover look, Stephen King''s No. 1 bestselling apocalyptic thriller will mean you ''won''t use your mobile for days'' (Guardian)You can run. You can hide. Just don''t pick up.The event which propels civilization into its second dark age is known as The Pulse. The virus is is carried by every cell phone operating in the world. Within hours, those receiving calls will become infected.In Boston, artist Clayton Riddell flees the explosive heart of the city. He knows he has to reach his son before the young boy switches on his little red phone. And time is running out . . .Trade ReviewVery clever and brilliantly written . . . you won't use your mobile for days. * Guardian *Very clever and brilliantly written . . . you won't use your mobile for days. * Guardian *Storytelling - the ability to make the listener or the reader need to know, demand to know, what happens next - is a gift . . . Stephen King has this gift in spades. * The Times *Storytelling - the ability to make the listener or the reader need to know, demand to know, what happens next - is a gift . . . Stephen King has this gift in spades. * The Times *Very clever and brilliantly written . . . you won't use your mobile for days. * Guardian *Storytelling - the ability to make the listenener or the reader need to know, deamd to know, what happens next - is a gift . . . Stephen King has this gift in spades. * The Times *

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Book SynopsisPart memoir, part masterclass by one of the bestselling authors of all time, this superb volume is a revealing and practical view of the writer''s craft, comprising the basic tools of the trade every writer must have.''25 years on, Stephen King''s memoir is still the best guide for writers . . . Superlative'' - The Sunday Times King''s advice is grounded in his vivid memories from childhood through his emergence as a writer, from his struggling early career to his widely reported, near-fatal accident in 1999 - and how the inextricable link between writing and living spurred his recovery. Immensely helpful and illuminating to any aspiring writer, this special edition of Stephen King''s critically lauded, million-copy bestseller shares the experiences, habits, and convictions that have shaped him and his work. Brilliantly structured, friendly and inspiring, On Writing will empower and entertain everyone who reads it - fans, writers, and anyone who loves a great story well told.''Not only is Stephen King one of the writers whom I credit with making me a novelist, but he was also the writer who, at a key time, gave reading back to me'' DONNA TARTT''King is a visceral writer, and a master of granular detail'' MARGARET ATWOOD''If you dream of writing novels, start with this timeless book'' JOHN GRISHAM''This is the best practical guide I know to a writer''s development'' VAL MCDERMID

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Book SynopsisA ''bumper collection of short stories'' (Sunday Telegraph} from the No. 1 bestselling master of the form, now with a stunning new cover look.The Stephen King Amusement Park - an unnerving experience, with rides every which way to hell . . . and a few to glory.A solitary finger pokes out of a drain. Novelty teeth turn predatory. The Nevada desert swallows a Cadillac. Meanwhile, the legend of Castle Rock returns . . . and grows on you. What does it all mean? What else could it mean? Stephen King is here with a powerful collection of stories - a vast, many-chambered cave of a volume.The long reach of Stephen King''s imagination will take you on a roller coaster to places you''ve never been before. You will lose sleep. But Stephen King, writing to beat the devil, will do your dreaming for you.Stories include:-Dolan''s Cadillac-The End of the Whole Mess-Suffer the Little Children-The Night Flier-Popsy-It Grows on You<Trade ReviewA bumper collection of short stories...You can't help admiring King's narrative skills and his versatility as a story-teller * Sunday Telegraph *Merely by tickling the keys on his word processor King can make flesh creep half a world away. But where he differs from so many chill merchants is that his horror is rarely gratuitous and often informed with a wry humour * The Times *

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The short story OBITS won the 2016 Edgar for best short story.The No.1 bestselling author delivers an 'outstanding' (USA Today) collection of thrilling stories, introducing each one with a fascinating piece on when, where or how he came to write it.There is a treasure here for every reader: a man who keeps reliving exactly the same life, repeating his mistakes over and over again; a columnist who kills people by writing their obituaries; a poignant tale about the end of the human race and a firework competition between neighbours which reaches an explosive climax. And, exclusive to this paperback edition (and the eBook from 6 September), a brand new story 'Cookie Jar'.'I made them especially for you,' says King. 'Feel free to examine them, but please be careful. The best of them have teeth.'TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR THE BAZAAR OF BAD DREAMSIntroduction Mile 81 Premium Harmony Batman and Robin Have an Altercation The Dune Bad Little Kid A Death The Bone Church Morality Afterlife Ur Herman Wouk Is Still Alive Under the Weather Blockade Billy Mister Yummy Tommy The Little Green God of AgonyCookie Jar That Bus Is Another World Obits Drunken Fireworks Summer Thunder

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Book SynopsisNOW WITH A STUNNING NEW COVER LOOK, COMES STEPHEN KING''S HIGHLY ACCLAIMED ''PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER OF EXTRAORDINARY SENSITIVITY'' (INDEPENDENT) Every marriage has two hearts, one light and one dark. Lisey knew it when she first fell for Scott. And now he''s dead, she knows it for sure. Lisey was the light to Scott Landon''s dark for twenty-five years. As his wife, only she saw the truth behind the public face of the famous author - that he was a haunted man whose bestselling novels were based on a terrifying reality. Now Scott has gone, Lisey wants to lock herself away with her memories. But the fans have other ideas. And when the sinister threats begin, Lisey realises that, just as Scott depended on her strength - her light - to live, so she will have to draw on his darkness to survive.''A love story steeped in strength and tenderness . . . dazzling'' Nicholas SparksTrade Review'A wondrous novel of marriage, a love story steeped in strength and tenderness, and cast with the most vivid, touching and believable characters in recent literature . . . A dazzling novel' * Nicholas Sparks *'A psychological thriller of extraordinary sensitivity that takes the reader deep into the dark places in us all' * Independent on Sunday *'Thrilling, genuinely terrifying, beautifully textured and full of wonderful invention' * Daily Mail *

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Book SynopsisFrom the ultimate storyteller Stephen King comes, a ''joyful, uplifting'' (Entertainment Weekly) tale about finding common ground despite deep-rooted differences, now with a new cover look. In the small town of Castle Rock word gets around quickly. That''s why Scott Carey only confides in his friend Doctor Bob Ellis about his strange condition. Every day he''s losing weight - but without looking any different. Meanwhile a new couple, Deirdre and Missy, owners of a ''fine dining experience'' in town, have moved in next door. Scott is not happy that their dogs keep fouling on his lawn. But as the town prepares for its annual Thanksgiving 12K run, Scott starts to understand the prejudices his neighbours face. Soon, they forge a friendship which may just help him through his mysterious affliction...''The sign of a master elevating his own legendary game yet again'' USA TODAYIncludes illustrations Mark Edward Geyer.Trade ReviewStephen King's slim new novel tackles weighty matters...delightful...an unforgettable and deeply moving conclusion * New York Post *Stephen King's slim new novel tackles weighty matters...delightful...an unforgettable and deeply moving conclusion * New York Post *Joyful, uplifting and tinged with sadness * Entertainment Weekly *Joyful, uplifting and tinged with sadness * Entertainment Weekly *King's new novel is trick and treat, a poignant parable of prejudice overcome and resentment healed * Washington Post *King's new novel is trick and treat, a poignant parable of prejudice overcome and resentment healed * Washington Post *One of King's great strengths as a writer is his mastery of the milieu of small-town USA, his uncanny ability to ventriloquise its inhabitants and keep his myriad pieces in play * Guardian *One of King's great strengths as a writer is his mastery of the milieu of small-town USA, his uncanny ability to ventriloquise its inhabitants and keep his myriad pieces in play * Guardian *

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Book Synopsis''Vintage King'', a delightful suspense novel in which King''s ''trump card is his ability to arouse empathy for the plight of his young heroine'' (Independent on Sunday), now with a stunning new cover look.The world had teeth and it could bite you with them anytime it wanted. Trisha McFarland discovered this when she was nine years old. Lost in the woods. Trisha has only veered a little way off the trail. But in her panic to get back to her family, she takes a turning that leads deeper into the tangled undergrowth. At first it''s just the bugs, midges and mosquitoes. Then comes the hunger. For comfort she tunes her Walkman into broadcasts of the Red Sox baseball games and the performances of her hero Tom Gordon. But as darkness begins to fall, Trisha realises that she is not alone. There''s something else in the woods - watching. Waiting . . .Trade ReviewA compelling battle for survival that you dare not put down * DAILY MAIL *Moving, gripping. One of his best . . . A literary home run * MIRROR *Vintage King . . . the quality of the prose is consistently impressive and his trump card is his ability to arouse empathy for the plight of his young heroine * INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY *

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Book Synopsis''You like it darker? Fine, so do I'', writes Stephen King in the afterword to this magnificent new collection of twelve stories that delve into the darker part of life - both metaphorical and literal. King has, for half a century, been a master of the form, and these stories, about fate, mortality, luck, and the folds in reality where anything can happen, are as rich and riveting as his novels, both weighty in theme and a huge pleasure to read. King writes to feel ''the exhilaration of leaving ordinary day-to-day life behind'', and in You Like it Darker, readers will feel that exhilaration too, again and again. ''Two Talented Bastids'' explores the long-hidden secret of how the eponymous gentlemen got their skills. In ''Danny Coughlin''s Bad Dream'', a brief and unprecedented psychic flash upends dozens of lives, Danny''s most catastrophically. In ''Rattlesnakes'', a sequel to Cujo, a grieving widower travels to Florida for respite and instead receives

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Book SynopsisIn Derry, Maine, four young boys once stood together and did a brave thing. Something that changed them in ways they hardly understand.A quarter of a century later, the boys are men who have gone their separate ways. Though they still get together once a year, to go hunting in the north woods of Maine. But this time is different. This time a man comes stumbling into their camp, lost, disoriented and muttering about lights in the sky.Before long, these old friends will be plunged into the most remarkable events of their lives as they struggle with a terrible creature from another world. Their only chance of survival is locked in their shared past - and in the Dreamcatcher.Trade ReviewNobody does it better * Daily Telegraph *Yet another masterpiece from Stephen King . . . a narrative that never loosens its grip * Evening Standard *King has inspired a whole generation to read. He's made them read good, witty prose . . . a fabulous teller of stories who can create an entire new world and make the reader live in it . . . Dreamcatcher must be one of his best. * Daily Express *

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Book SynopsisThe No. 1 bestselling author Stephen King's memorable story Apt Pupil - published in his 1982 story collection Different Seasons and made into a movie starring Ian McKellan and Brad Renfro - is now available as a standalone publication.You must know that your fate and my own are inextricably intertwined Todd Bowden is an apt pupil. Good grades, good family, a paper route. But he is about to meet a different kind of teacher, Mr. Dussander, and to learn all about Dussander's dark and deadly past . . . a decades-old manhunt Dussander has escaped to this day. Yet Todd doesn't want to turn his teacher in. Todd wants to know more. Much more. He is about to face his fears and learn the real meaning of power - and the seductive lure of evil. A classic story from Stephen King Apt Pupil reveals layers upon layers of deception and horror as the boy and old man hold each other in a mutual deathgrip. Each knows something the other wants kept secret.Trade ReviewKing has an uncanny knack of finding horror in the midst of the commonplace * DAILY MAIL *King readers know that he is an absolute master of the long story * DAILY EXPRESS *Not since Dickens has a writer had so many readers by the throat * GUARDIAN *

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Book SynopsisTake three of the leading names in contemporary horror writing, commission one-third of a book's worth of stories from each, and the result is DARK VISIONS.

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Book SynopsisSOMETIMES GROWING UP MEANS FACING YOUR DEMONS The son of a struggling single mother, Jamie Conklin just wants an ordinary childhood. But Jamie is no ordinary child. Born with an unnatural ability his mom urges him to keep secret, Jamie can see what no one else can see and learn what no one else can learn. But the cost of using this ability is higher than Jamie can imagine - as he discovers when an NYPD detective draws him into the pursuit of a killer who has threatened to strike from beyond the grave. LATER is Stephen King at his finest, a terrifying and touching story of innocence lost and the trials that test our sense of right and wrong. With echoes of King's classic novel It, LATER is a powerful, haunting, unforgettable exploration of what it takes to stand up to evil in all the faces it wears.Trade Review#1 on The New York Times bestselling Paperback Trade Fiction list #1 on The Washington Post Paperback Bestsellers list#1 on the Toronto Star's list of Bestselling Original Fiction in Canada"Part detective tale, part thriller...touching and genuine.” --The New York Times "There’s classic King here for fans... a thrilling whodunit." - Associated Press“King’s writing in LATER is as clean, direct and evocative as it’s ever been…the crime-driven plot is propulsive [and] some of the lines just take your breath away…you’re in the hands of a master storyteller.” - Washington Post"Delivers his signature twists and turns....An eerie, enthralling tale." -Woman's World Magazine (Best Books to Read )"Crave chills and thrills but don’t have time for a King epic? This will do the job before bedtime. Not that you’ll sleep." -Kirkus"Gory and unnerving, this twisty chiller has sufficient sins and revelations to keep readers pursuing the action to its breathless conclusion. King fans are in for a treat." -Publishers Weekly "An entertaining and breezy read, with the stellar storytelling that has justly made King a literary legend." - AARP Magazine"Later is a horror story, but it’s also a proper thriller, told by a master of his craft."—The Guardian "King’s tics and tricks are all in bloom: folksy dialogue, cockeyed worldview, rising tension, pure evil, etc. " - Philadelphia Inquirer"A Joy to read...some of King’s best writing...If you haven’t read a King novel for a while due to timeconstraints, or you would like an introduction to the man at or near the top of his game, pick LATER as your delightful literary poison." - BookReporter"LATER is top-notch Stephen King and one of the most memorable works in his long and storied writing career. The tale calls to mind many of his prior works and is the only other story next to the classic IT to refer to ‘deadlights’ --- a word that should cause icy chills to run down the spine of any faithful King reader." - BookReporter"A satisfying tale about facing demons—both those we can see and those that lurk in the darkness." - Foreword Reviews "Later is yet another example of Stephen King’s special ability to tell a story that’s both simple and compelling. Entertaining and thought-provoking, it’s a must-add to your 2021 reading list." - New York Journal of Books"A powerful testament to [King’s] storytelling prowess" - Bookbub"Sharply developed characters, steady incorporation of supernatural elements, and building suspense, make for [a] great read" - Borg.com"A horror story [that] is really more of a genre-bender, combining the horror with a sensitive coming-of-age tale and an old-school crime thriller. [A] most ingratiating mix." - Booklist Starred Review"There's classic King here for fans... A thrilling whodunit." - ABC News"Later is a horror story, but it’s also a proper thriller, told by a master of his craft." - The Guardian"King at his absolute best." - Daily Mail"Classic King with a twist." - Barnes & Noble feature "Toggle[s] between thrills and feels, all the while slowly dialling up the terror as only [King] can." - Amazon Book Review Best Mysteries of March"King delivers both a terrifying and touching story." - The Hollywood Reporter "Thrills by the dozen." - International Express Books to Read in 2021"An instapurchase." - HorrorDNA"A standalone King that combines his mastery of multiple genres." - The Reel Bits "A fresh new story for modern audiences." - ScreenRant"Convey[s] the same loss-of-innocence theme at which King excelled in his classic novella, The Body... If you’re a King fan, you’ll not regret reading it." - Cinema Sentries "[King's] clear love of noir fiction joins forces with his horror bona fides and his still-strong ability to capture the fundamental truths about being a child, resulting in a lean and propulsive read." - The Maine Edge"The truth of the matter is, I enjoyed LATER more than any other Stephen King in quite a while because it’s short and to the point. It’s a fast read, easily knocked out in a few hours, and there are some truly creepy and horrific moments that leave the reader thinking about certain scenes long after the book is done." - Bookgasm"King veterans absolutely must add this to the collection." - Movie Nooz"Absolutely riveting read....and memorably terrifying." -Cemetery Dance"A terrific tale of secrets held by both the living and the dead." - Floriday Times-Union"King once again demonstrates his ease at depicting younger characters and getting credibly inside their heads...Classic Stephen King" - SciFi Bulletin "Once you pick up this book, putting it down will be near impossible. The action and dialogue interspersed with spine-chilling terror are engaging from beginning to end. It is a superb addition to the seemingly endless bibliography of this great storyteller." - San Francisco Book Review (5 stars)"King's freakish storytelling powers are on full display here, with the strictures of the pulp novel keeping the action moving from chapter to chapter." - Toronto Star "Gripping...easy to stay glued to...a fun read" - Locus

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Book SynopsisOn an island off the coast of Maine, a man is found dead. There’s no identification on the body. Only the dogged work of a pair of local newspapermen and a graduate student in forensics turns up any clues, and it’s more than a year before the man is identified. And that’s just the beginning of the mystery. Because the more they learn about the man and the baffling circumstances of his death, the less they understand. Was it an impossible crime? Or something stranger still...? No one but Stephen King could tell this story about the darkness at the heart of the unknown and our compulsion to investigate the unexplained. With echoes of Dashiell Hammett’s THE MALTESE FALCON and the work of Graham Greene, one of the world’s great storytellers presents a moving and surprising tale whose subject is nothing less than the nature of mystery itself...Trade Review“this little meditation is absolutely something that should be read by all crime and mystery fans. Stephen King is a master, and this is one of his most finely-wrought works” - The Crime Review“a gentle mystery, one that explores the genre as well as small town life in a way that I found utterly beguiling” - SciFi and Scary

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Book SynopsisCome close, children, and see the living crocodile. A vintage ''54 Buick Roadmaster. At least, that''s what it looks like . . .There is a secret hidden in Shed B in the state police barracks in Statler, Pennsylvania. A secret that has drawn troopers for twenty years - terrified yet irresistibly tempted to look at its chrome fenders, silver grille and exotic exhaust system.Young Ned Wilcox has started coming by the barracks: mowing the lawn, washing the windows, shovelling snow; it''s a boy''s way of holding on to his father - recently killed in a strange road accident by another Buick.And one day Ned peers through the windows of Shed B and discovers the family secret. Like his father, Ned wants answers. He deserves answers. And the secret begins to stir . . .Trade ReviewOne of his freshest and most original books...a beautiful excursion into new narrative territory, showing an accomplished storyteller...a portal into King's incredible imagination * Independent on Sunday *A fabulous teller of stories * Express *

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Book SynopsisThe No. 1 bestselling author Stephen King's novella The Sun Dog, published in his award-winning 1990 story collection Four Past Midnight, is now available as a standalone publication.It's mine - that was what he had thought when his finger had pushed the shutter-button for the first time. Now he found himself wondering if maybe he hadn't gotten that backward. Kevin Delevan wants only one thing for his fifteenth birthday: a Polaroid Sun 660. There's something wrong with his gift, though. No matter where Kevin aims the camera, it produces a photograph of an enormous, vicious dog. In each successive picture, the menacing creature draws nearer to the flat surface of the Polaroid film as if it intends to break through. When old Pop Merrill, Castle Rock's sharpest trader, gets wind of this phenomenon, he devises a way to profit from it. But the Sun Dog, a beast that shouldn't exist at all, turns out to be a very dangerous investment.Trade ReviewThe Sun Dog works beautifully as another addition to those metaphorical stories about King's own personal fears * GUARDIAN *A fabulous teller of stories who can create an entire new world and make the reader live in it * EXPRESS *Without doubt one of the world's greatest storytellers, King has an uncanny knack of finding horror in the midst of the commonplace * DAILY MAIL *

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Book SynopsisWith a stunning new cover look, King''s chilling classic of a small new England town about to be engulfed in terror.Turn off the television - in fact, why don''t you turn off all the lights except for the one over your favourite chair? - and we''ll talk about vampires here in the dim. I think I can make you believe in them. Stephen King, from the Introduction. ''Salem''s Lot is a small New England town with the usual quota of gossips, drinkers, weirdos and respectable folk. Of course there are tales of strange happenings - but not more than in any other town its size.Ben Mears, a moderately successful writer, returns to the Lot to write a novel based on his early years, and to exorcise the terrors that have haunted him since childhood. The event he witnessed in the house now rented by a new resident. A newcomer with a strange allure. A man who causes Ben some unease as things start to happen: a child disappears, a dog is brutally killed -Trade ReviewMr. King's gift of storytelling is unrivaled. His ferocious imagination is unlimited. * George Pelecanos *

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Book SynopsisThe chilling novella featured in Stephen King's bestselling collection Full Dark, No Stars, 1922 - about a man who succumbs to the violence within - is now available as a stand-alone publication.I believe there is a man inside every man, a strangerSo writes Wilfred James in his confession. It's 1922. Wilfred owns eighty acres of farmland in Nebraska that have been in the family for generations. His wife, Arlette, owns an adjoining one hundred acres.But if Arlette carries out her threat to sell her land to a pig butcher, Wilfred will be forced to sell too. Worse, he'll have to move to the city. But he has a daring plan. It may work if he can persuade his son. A powerful tale of betrayal, murder, madness and rats, 1922 is a breathtaking exploration into the dark side of human nature from the great American storyteller Stephen King. It was adapted into a film from Netflix.Trade ReviewDripping with American Gothic . . . Utterly convincing and packed with grim atmosphere, it is a story that manages to keep you compulsively turning the pages * INDEPENDENT *It's compulsive reading, sometimes scary, revolting, ultimately heartbreaking . . . There is a hint of the supernatural in it, although the borderline between a haunting and madness here is a hairline fracture, and one that King exploits elegantly all the way to the end * NEIL GAIMAN, GUARDIAN *Wonderfully gruesome . . . The pages practically turn themselves * USA TODAY *

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Book SynopsisNow with a stunning new cover look comes WOLVES OF THE CALLA, the fifth captivating volume in King's epic fantasy series THE DARK TOWER.Trade ReviewKing's magnificent uberstory is finally complete... King's achievement is startling; his characters fresh... his plot sharply drawn... It is magic. * Daily Express on THE DARK TOWER *Join the quest before it's too late * Independent on Sunday on THE SONG OF SUSANNAH *

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Book SynopsisFrom the master of the long story form, the Sunday Times No. 1 besteller, Full Dark, No Stars - described by the Sunday Telegraph as ''an extraordinary collection, thrillingly merciless, and a career high point'' - now with a stunning new cover look.Is it possible to fully know anyone? Even those we love the most? What tips someone over the edge to commit a crime?In ''1922'', a story which was adapted into a Netflix original film, a Nebraska farmer, the turning point comes when his wife threatens to sell off the family homestead.In ''Big Driver'', a cozy mystery writer plots a savage revenge after a brutal encounter with a stranger.In ''Fair Extension'', Dave Streeter gets the chance to cure himself from illness - if he agrees to impose misery on an old rival.In ''A Good Marriage'', Darcy Anderson discovers a box containing her husband''s dark and terrifying secrets - he''s not the man who keeps his nails short and Trade ReviewFine stories to take with us into the night * Neil Gaiman in the Guardian *An extraordinary collection, thrillingly merciless and a career high point * Matt Thorne in the *America's greatest living novelist * Lee Child *Mr. King's gift of storytelling is unrivaled. His ferocious imagination is unlimited * George Pelecanos *The genius of King is not the fecundity of his imagination, great though it is, but the empathy he can create between the reader and a character . . . He is . . . not a national, but global treasure . . . just buy the book. Trust me, you won't be disappointed * Scotsman *The collection's story stand-out story is the final novella . . . resembles Hitchcock's Suspicion with extra turns of the screw. * The Sunday Times *offers striking reminders of King's mastery of structure . . . compulsively readable * Private Eye *

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Book SynopsisDuma Key is a powerful suspense novel from No. 1 bestseller Stephen King, now with a new cover.When Edgar Freemantle moves to the remote island of Duma Key, off Florida''s coast, to escape his past, he doesn''t expect to find much there. But Duma has been waiting for him, and something in the view from his window urges him to discover a talent he never knew he had. Edgar Freemantle begins to paint. And as he paints, the island''s secrets begin to stir. Secrets of children lost in the undertow, of a ghost ship riding the distant horizon - and a family''s buried past reaching long hands into the present.Trade ReviewThis is one of the most haunted character pieces he's ever written. Horrific. Tragic. And absolutely beautiful * Damon Lindelof, co-creator and writer of Lost *Fresh and frightening and highly recommended * Observer *King has become such a sophisticated writer that this novel is never less than page-turning . . . A first-class beach-read * Independent on Sunday *'Another masterpiece' * The Sun *

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Book SynopsisNow with a stunning new cover look comes SONG OF SUSANNAH, the sixth captivating volume in King''s epic fantasy series THE DARK TOWER.The pivotal sixth novel in Stephen King''s bestselling epic fantasy saga provides the key to the quest that defines Roland''s life.Susannah has used the power of Black Thirteen to get to New York where she can give birth to a child fated to grow up as Roland''s nemesis. Jake and Father Callahan set out to break her date with destiny and to find Calvin Tower, owner of the vacant lot where a magical rose grows - a rose that must be saved at all costs.Meanwhile, Roland and Eddie tumble into Maine in the Summer of 1977. Here they are greeted by the gangster Balazar and must face their maker, a man called Stephen King...JOIN THE QUEST FOR THE DARK TOWER... ''Pulse-poundingly engaging'' SUNDAY EXPRESS''Strange, scary and utterly gripping - the perfect start to an unforgettable journey'' GUARDIATrade ReviewKing's magnificent uberstory is finally complete... King's achievement is startling; his characters fresh... his plot sharply drawn... It is magic. * Daily Express on THE DARK TOWER *Join the quest before it's too late * Independent on Sunday on SONG OF SUSANNAH *

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Book SynopsisThe classic collection of five deeply resonant, interconnected stories from No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author Stephen King, now with a new cover look.''Although it''s difficult to believe, the sixties are not fictional; they actually happened'' (Author''s Afterword)Stephen King, whose first novel, Carrie, was published in 1974, the year before the last US troops withdrew from Vietnam, is the first hugely popular writer of the TV generation. Images from that war - and the protests against it - had flooded America''s living rooms for a decade.Hearts in Atlantis is composed of five linked stories set in the years from 1960 to 1999. Each story is deeply rooted in the sixties, and each is haunted by the Vietnam War.Full of danger, full of suspense, most of all full of heart, Hearts in Atlantis will take some readers to a place they have never been...and others to a place they have never been able to completely leave.Trade ReviewA writer of excellence . . . King is one of the most fertile story-tellers of the modern novel . . . brilliantly done * Marcel Berlins The Sunday Times *An incredibly gifted writer * Guardian *Astonishingly good * Independent *

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Book SynopsisThe Bram Stoker Prize-winner for Best Fiction Collection - four riveting, dark stories from Stephen King that will ''grab you and not let go'' (Washington Post), now with a stunning new cover look.At midnight comes the point of balance. Of danger. The instant of utter stillness when between two beats of the heart, an alternative reality can slip through, like a blade between the ribs, and switch you into a new and terrifying world.Featuring an introduction and prefaratory notes to each story by the author, this collection contains four heart-stopping accounts of that moment when the familiar world fractures beyond sense, the fragments spinning away from the desperate, clutching reach of sanity . . .One Past Midnight: ''The Langoliers'' takes a red-eye flight from LA to Boston into a most unfriendly sky.Two Past Midnight: ''Secret Window, Secret Garden'' enters the suddenly strange life of writer, alone on the shore of Tashmore LakeTrade ReviewAn incredibly gifted writer, whose writing, like Truman Capote's, is so fluid that you often forget that you're reading * Guardian *A writer of excellence...King is one of the most fertile storytellers of the modern novel...brilliantly done * The Sunday Times *Splendid entertainment...Stephen King is one of those natural storytellers...getting hooked is easy * Frances Fyfield, Express *

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Book SynopsisNo. 1 bestselling author Stephen King's unforgettable novella - first included in his 1990, award-winning collection Four Past Midnight and made into a highly acclaimed miniseries - about a terrifying plane ride into a most unfriendly sky is now available as a stand-alone publication.The flight attendants were gone; almost all the passengers were gone; Brian Engle was willing to bet the 767's two-man cockpit crew was also gone. He believed Flight 29 was heading east on automatic pilot. On a red-eye flight from L. A. to Boston, ten passengers wake up to discover everyone else has disappeared. Brian Engle, a trained pilot, remembers something about a strange aurora borealis and turbulence reports over the desert. Now he has to try to land the plane.But the safe haven of Bangor airport is not what it seems. It's eerily empty. The clocks have stopped. The food and drink is tasteless. The fuel doesn't burn. And the sound, like 'radio static', is getting closer. Craig Toomy, an investment banker, believes he knows what's coming. The Langoliers. Which means time is, quite literally, running out . . .A spine-tingling, propulsive novella, The Langoliers is a brilliant read from the masterful Stephen King.Trade ReviewThe Langoliers is . . . harrowing. . . . It's a great idea, with the execution both grounded and terrifying * GUARDIAN *An accomplished storyteller . . . incredible imagination * INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY *King has an uncanny knack of finding horror in the midst of the commonplace * DAILY MAIL *

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Book SynopsisStephen King's #1 Bestseller As You've Never Seen It BeforeFeaturing more than 20 illustrations by acclaimed artists Pat Kinsella, Robert McGinnis, and Mark Summers, this brand new edition of JOYLAND brings the carny world to life in all its bright and sinister glory.College student Devin Jones took the summer job at Joyland hoping to forget the girl who broke his heart. But he wound up facing something far more terrible: the legacy of a vicious murder, the fate of a dying child, and dark truths about life-and what comes after-that would change his world forever.A riveting story about love and loss, about growing up and growing old-and about those who don't get to do either because death comes for them before their time- JOYLAND is Stephen King at the peak of his storytelling powers. With all the emo- tional impact of King masterpieces such as The Green Mile and The Shawshank Redemption, JOYLAND is at once a mystery, a horror story, and a bittersweet coming-of-age novel, one that will leave even the most hard-boiled of readers pro- foundly moved.Trade Review"It's one of King's better recent works and now done up all fancy-like!" - Aint it Cool

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Book SynopsisThe spellbinding saga of The Talisman is now a stunning graphic novel, vividly illustrated by artist Tony Shasteen. Here's a bold new look at the classic tale of treachery and betrayal that could only have sprung from the imaginations of master storytellers Stephen King and Peter Straub. In a run-down amusement park on a desolate beach in New Hampshire, thirteen-year-old Jack Sawyer is about to learn some hard truths-about his father's death, about why he and his mother are on the run from his sinister uncle Morgan, and about the real nature of the mysterious realm Jack once called the Daydreams. Now, with help from his newfound friend Speedy Parker, this young man will reclaim his identity as Travellin Jack and make his first foray back into the Territories to retrieve the magical Talisman, an object of immense cosmic significance. Yet even more important to Jack, the Talisman holds the key to saving his mother's life. In the Terrorities, where monsters lurk, evil watches, and an unbelievably precious prize awaits, Jack embarks upon a desperate quest to fulfill a destiny he never sought but cannot escape.

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Book SynopsisFor the first time in one volume, each with a fascinating introduction, come the stories of Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, Hearts in Atlantis (Low Men in Yellow Coats), 1408, The Mangler and Children of the Corn. These five classic tales were turned into successful international films starring some of the world''s most famous actors from Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins in The Shawshank Redemption through Anthony Hopkins in Hearts in Atlantis to John Cusack in 1408. Now you can read and re-read and own the originals.Trade ReviewStorytelling - the ability to make the listener or the reader need to know, demand to know, what happens next is a gift . . . Stephen King has this gift in spades * The Times on CELL *'To tell the truth, I just don't know what it is about that film that resonates with so many people. But everywhere I go people who have seen it react to it fondly. And I get the same kind of dialogue about it being one of, if not the, favourite movie.' * Morgan Freeman, on The Shawshank Redemption *'There isn't a day when I'm not approached about that film, approached by people who are so . . . thankful, who say how important that film was to them, and how many times they've seen it: twenty, thirty, forty times . . .' * Tim Robbins on The Shawshank Redemption *

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Book Synopsis''Fairy Tale is vintage, timeless King, a transporting, terrifying treat'' - Guardian''A blazing flash of creativity . . . King''s best book in over a decade'' - EsquireLegendary storyteller Stephen King goes into the deepest well of his imagination in this spellbinding novel about a seventeen-year-old boy who inherits the keys to a parallel world where good and evil are at war, and the stakes could not be higher - for their world or ours. Charlie Reade looks like a regular high school kid, great at baseball and football, a decent student. But he carries a heavy load. His mom was killed in a hit-and-run accident when he was seven, and grief drove his dad to drink. Charlie learned how to take care of himself - and his dad. Then, when Charlie is seventeen, he meets a dog named Radar and her ageing master, Howard Bowditch, a recluse in a big house at the top of a big hill, with a locked shed in the backyard. SometTrade ReviewThere is a splendid climactic battle . . . King's delight in the world he has created is infectious and there's much to revel in here * Daily Telegraph *With ogres and castles, maidens and pots of gold, this is a fairy story through-and-through. Because it's Stephen King's, it's a Once-Upon-A-Time tale like no other * Daily Mail *Fairy Tale is a multiverse-traversing, genre-hopping intertextual mash-up, with plenty of Easter eggs for regular King devotees . . . allusions and homages abound . . . a page-turner driven by memorably strange encounters and well-rendered, often thrilling action * New York Times Book Review *Fairy Tale is vintage, timeless King, a transporting, terrifying treat born from multiple lockdowns which, in true King style, puts its finger right on that tender point which is the threshold between childhood and growing up * Guardian *The latest addictive thriller from King * The List *King's reputation precedes him, and his spellbinding new novel is magnificent and terrifying * Living North Magazine *The hailed King of masterful writing has pierced the page with mighty words once again, releasing a whopping fantasy novel, reminiscent of the haunting magnificence of those Brothers Grimms . . . Fairy Tale soars, allowing you to bask happily ever after in its unforgettable spell * Buzz Magazine *A blazing flash of creativity . . . King's best book in over a decade * Esquire *A really enjoyable and enthralling read, both exciting and enchanting, and yet another captivating tale from the pen of Stephen King * The Afterword *A fantasy gem . . . King tells this wonderfully fantastical tale with such effortless skill that the reader cannot help but fully invest in Charlie and all the characters, his evocation of late 20th-century small-town USA and its people pitch perfect, and his descriptions of the parallel world of Empis . . . vividly terrifying * Irish Independent *Some brilliantly written escapism . . . featuring a loyal dog, a grieving hero and childhood fears and dreams made real . . . King at his finest * Evening Standard *A spellbinding tale that bursts with imagination * Woman's Own *Stephen King is the world's greatest storyteller. Fairy Tale had me enchanted from page one. I remain in total awe at his genius * David Walliams *Magnificent . . . a doorstop chronicle of small-town America, and the battle between good and evil. Classic King, and clearly written with joy . . . He is one of the best writers on childhood and teenagers, which continues in Fairy Tale * Richard Osman, The Sunday Times *The master storyteller returns with a spellbinding story of mysterious houses, parallel worlds and reluctant heroes as an ordinary high school kid discovers a portal to a universe populated by classic fairy tale archetypes * Waterstones *If you've ever enjoyed classic King - coming-of-age stories grounded as much in suburban neighbourhoods as in supernatural fairylands - you will enjoy this * Literary Review *A dark, dazzlingly inventive fantasy novel * Daily Mirror, Best Books of 2022 *

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Book SynopsisThe official graphic novel adaptation of the horror novel by Stephen King and Owen King concludes in this haunting interpretation of the chilling, timely bestseller.The mysterious plague known as Aurora has blanketed the world, and, to the men, all but a handful of sleep-deprived women seem trapped--cocooned--in seemingly endless slumber. In reality, their minds have been transported to a strange, utopic dream world. It''s a world where small-town sheriff Lila Norcross and the other women can build their own society. And from which they might not want to wake.In the real world of Dooling, West Virginia, Lila''s husband, beleaguered prison psychiatrist Clint Norcross, is struggling. He''s trying to protect the woman called Eve Black from the ill-thought-out actions of increasingly desperate men. But Eve, as the only woman capable of waking up, has her own plans: a test with global consequences. A test Clint will have to pass if he ever hopes to see his wife again.Collects Sleeping Beauties issues #6-10, by writer Rio Youers (The Forgotten Girl) and artist Alison Sampson (Winnebago Graveyard), from the novel by Stephen King (The Institute, The Stand) and Owen King (Intro to Alien Invasion).

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Book SynopsisFrom master storyteller Stephen King comes an extraordinary new novel with intertwining storylinesone about a killer on a diabolical revenge mission, and another about a vigilante targeting a feminist celebrity speakerfeaturing the beloved Holly Gibney and a dynamic new cast of characters.When the Buckeye City Police Department receives a disturbing letter from a person threatening to ';kill thirteen innocents and one guilty' in ';an act of atonement for the needless death of an innocent man,' Detective Izzy Jaynes has no idea what to think. Are fourteen citizens about to be slaughtered in an unhinged act of retribution? As the investigation unfolds, Izzy realizes that the letter writer is deadly serious, and she turns to her friend Holly Gibney for help. Meanwhile, controversial and outspoken women's rights activist Kate McKay is embarking on a multi-state lecture tour, drawing packed venues of both fans and detractors. Someone who vehemently opposes Kate's message of female empowerment is targeting her and disrupting her events. At first, no one is hurt, but the stalker is growing bolder, and Holly is hired to be Kate's bodyguarda challenging task with a headstrong employer and a determined adversary driven by wrath and his belief in his own righteousness. Featuring a riveting cast of characters both old and new, including world-famous gospel singer Sista Bessie and an unforgettable villain addicted to murder, these twinned narratives converge in a chilling and spectacular conclusiona feat of storytelling only Stephen King could pull off. Thrilling, wildly fun, and outrageously engrossing, Never Flinch is one of King's richest and most propulsive novels.

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