Summers for Holly Billy

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, whose 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 has captivated audiences.

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 on leave. However, 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, the picture of bourgeois respectability: married octogenarians, devoted to each other, and semi-retired lifelong academics. But they are harboring an unholy secret in the basement of their well-kept, book-lined home, one that may be related to Bonnie's disappearance. It will prove nearly impossible to discover what they are up to, as they are savvy, patient, and ruthless.

Holly must summon all her formidable talents to outthink and outmaneuver the shockingly twisted professors in this chilling new masterwork from Stephen King. "Sometimes the universe throws you a rope," as Bill Hodges once said, and Holly Gibney is ready to grasp it with both hands.

King has stated, "I could never let Holly Gibney go. She was supposed to be a walk-on character in Mr. Mercedes and she just kind of stole the book and stole my heart. Holly is all her." Audiences have witnessed Holly's remarkable journey, and in this latest chapter, she will need to draw upon all of her strength and wit to confront the darkness that lurks in the heart of this Midwestern town.

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