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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 Review
Fine 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 *
