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The final stand-alone novel in King’s wonderful Hodges trilogy, also featuring Holly Gibney, is now released with a stunning new cover look.
The cell rings twice, and then his old partner in his ear . . . ‘I’m at the scene of what appears to be a murder-suicide . . . Come and take a look. Bring your sidekick with you.’
Bill Hodges, who now runs a two-person agency called Finders Keepers with partner Holly Gibney, is intrigued by the letter Z written with a marker at the scene of the crime.
As similar cases mount up, Hodges is stunned to discover the evidence points to Brady Hartsfield, the notorious ‘Mercedes Killer’. It should be impossible: Brady is confined to a hospital room in a seemingly unresponsive state.
But Brady Hartsfield has lethal new powers. And he’s planning revenge not just on Hodges and his friends, but on an entire city.
The clock is ticking in unexpected ways . . .
BRADY IS BACK
AND SO IS HODGES
Editore : Hodder & Stoughton; 1° edizione (4 maggio 2017)
Lingua : Inglese
Copertina flessibile : 384 pagine
ISBN-10 : 147364237X
ISBN-13 : 978-1473642379
Peso articolo : 260 g
Dimensioni : 12.8 x 3.4 x 19.4 cm
ð Miki101.Micha –
End of Watch – the title says it all. this is the finale of the…
… Bill Hodges Trilogy – and an absolute must-read for all those who have read Mr. Mercedes: A Novel (The Bill Hodges Trilogy Book 1) (English Edition) and the follow-up Finders Keepers (The Bill Hodges Trilogy Book 2) (English Edition).Because in this third book everything comes to an end – some good, some bad, some worse – and some very bad. But it is always the very personal point of view which makes the end a good one or a bad one. Or simply a good but sad one…The âMercedes Killerâ Brady Hartsfield plans to drive to suicide not only his enemies, but also hundreds and thousands of innocent youngsters who haven’t yet found their role and place and/or gender-identification in this world of adults. In his Room 217 of the Lakes Region Traumatic Brain Injury Clinic, somehow something has awakened. Something very very evil. The perpetrator of the Mercedes Massacre, where eight people were killed and many more were badly injured, has been in the clinic for five years in a vegetative state. Because he has been slapped so hard on the head, that returning to a perfect functioning brain is dismissed as nearly impossible by most of the doctors. But behind the fake drools and mostly blank stares, Brady strangely is awake, and in possession of totally new powers that now allow him to create the total chaos even without ever leaving his hospital room. The nurses are in a semi-permanent state of alert because …”this killer moves things with his mind!”. And his specialist, some Dr Babineau is ab-using his brain-damaged patient like a human guinea-pig feeding him self-invented drug-cocktails. Until he will badly regret that, too…Ex-police detective Bill Hodges, the hero of Mr. Mercedes and Finders Keepers, after his retirement now runs an investigation agency with his partner, Holly Gibney, She is the woman who delivered the blow to Hartsfieldâs head that put him on the brain injury ward. When Bill and Holly are called to a homicide/suicide scene involving a paralized victim of the Mercedes Massacre they find some strange electronic device, called ZAPPIT. And following the trail of this ‘dinosaur’ of a play console they find astonishing leads to Billâs heroic young friend Jerome Robinson and his teenage sister, Barbara. Brady Hartsfield is back, and planning revenge not just on Hodges and his friends, but on all the young people who had the misfortune to receive one of those ZAPPITs – modified to induce by deep hypnosis an unstable mind to do bad, very bad, yes – the WORST things to themselves.And if Bill Hodges and Holly Gibney donât figure out a way to stop him – and his unwilling helpers, too – they will be victims themselves for sure, together with the Robinson children and many others with them…In this last book of the trilogy about Kermit B. Hodges – once a policeman, now Private Eye – the Master author Stephen King puts a (tomb-) stone on all the open ends the first two books deliberately left behind. This REALLY ist the “End of Watch” – an expression for nurses, doctors, but also policemen leave their work-places. To go home until the next watch, or to retire permanently – or to die…The investigation Pete and Izzy, ex-partners of Bill – have in their hands does not lead to anything on first sight. But when the first ZAPPIT is found by our 2 two “Keepers Finders” aka Bill and Holly and strange movements have been recalled by neighbours, something is in the air. And it doesn’t smell good. And with the bits and pieces which are slowly getting together, something very very strange emerges. Brady must now have achieved some supernatural powers – like telekinesis or mind-control. And the greatest joke is: Holly – slapping him on the skull before his mass-suicide attempt – may have given him access to THOSE 90 % of the brain the normal human being will never ever use in a lifetime…And it is this mind-controlling thing that made me read and read on – until I reached the “End of Watch”.That supernatural touch Stephen King is so very able to describe, made me read in every free minute until the very end. Masterly!I personally think that it is a must-read for all those who have known Kermit, Holly, Jerome and the others in the first two books. But it always depends on personal tastes. And with a very sad feeling and some tear to wipe away I can say: I too have arriived at someone’s “End of Watch”.And FOR ME it was worth the waiting and prenoting and start reading 2 days ago.But it is also a very good read for all those who like their mysteries very well written. But also with a certain touch of humanity…
jackey –
A Real Threat
Stephen King è eccezionale come sempre. Anche se il libro migliore della trilogia per me è il primo, in questo ho trovato uno spunto interessante: la minaccia sotterranea, ma concreta, posta dall’uso ossessivo di tablet, della rete, dei social net work, che scavano e svuotano la coscienza e confondono l’identità di tanti teenager.
VB –
Forse il migliore dei tre
La trilogia di Hodges è bella, quest’ultimo episodio forse il migliore. Se la gioca con il primo a dire il vero ma dovendo proprio scegliere forse sceglierei questo.
Anna Catania –
Ottimo finale per una trilogia che nei primi due capitoli …
Ottimo finale per una trilogia che nei primi due capitoli sembrava una classica (ma pur sempre molto buona) crime story, mentre qui prende una svolta inaspettata e tipicamente kinghiana
Giovanni –
King’s End of the Watch
A book not only for those people who love King for stories, but for those who are interested in his mastery of language.
Mattia –
Romanzo bello, libro cartaceo pessimo
Il romanzo è il 3â e ultimo della serie, molto bello.Il libro, già alla prima lettura si scolla.Ridiamoci su, un libro da leggere una volta sola
Vinicius S Jesus –
O livro fecha bem a trilogia. SK sabe contar uma estória como ninguem e o livro me prendeu como todos os outros.Ainda acho que os livros da década de 80 são melhores mas é um leitura certamente recomendável!
Mattie Smith –
I devoured this trilogy. This is some of Kingâs best writing, and one of the best books Iâve ever read. I hate saying goodbye to âthe bandâ, but I canât think of a better way for the story to end. I canât wait to read Holly!
betty –
I liked the whole book. The storyline was very interesting. Sometimes it was hard to stop reading to do something else. I liked how it ended. It was a shame that bill died at the end .
Farhad Shawkat –
Final book in the Bill Hodges trilogy, and the good news is that thereâs a lot more of him, and his supporting cast. While I still think Mr Mercedes is easily the best in the series, if youâve read the first book, this one is a must read.Quite of a bit of suspension of disbelief needed in this one, but then again, thatâs one of the reasons we read fiction, right? Iâm happy with the order in which these books were written, as this is a strong finish to the series. Apparently, the tv series has reversed the order of the final two books, just in case anyone wants to jump in and watch season 2 after reading Finders Keepers. I had advance warning, thankfully.I was in the midst of a bit of a reading slump, and then read Finders Keepers and End of Watch back-to-back in a week. Which goes to tell you how incredible an author Stephen King is. Or maybe it just says something about how much I love his writing. A bit of both, perhaps.I feel like I have to read every single thing this man has written (yes, even Tommyknockers!). The Bill Hodges trilogy is excellent, and strongly recommended
Arturo –
Muy buena culminación para la saga, aunque sigo pensando que el primer libro es el mejor de la trilogÃa los otros dos son constantes y no dejan de ser atragantes.