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King’s crime thriller featuring Holly Gibney and Detective Ralph Anderson is now released with a stunning new cover look.
Now you see him. Now you don’t.
A horrifying crime.
Water-tight evidence points to a single suspect.
Except he was seventy miles away, with an iron-clad alibi.
Detective Anderson sets out to investigate the impossible: how can the suspect have been both at the scene of the crime and in another town?
ASIN : B0792D4MWR
Editore : Hodder & Stoughton; 1° edizione (22 maggio 2018)
Lingua : Inglese
Dimensioni file : 4553 KB
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Lunghezza rivista : 657 pagine
ð Miki101.Micha –
This time the undisputed Master of extreme Horror has really given…
… all his BEST to his loyal readers! Me, who follows The Kingster through high and low since I was a teenager – and he at his first arms – was really surprises of the ability to give us another thrilling tale. This time of the sort that goes into the field of the so-called “supernatural”. But… what is natural and what not? It will be You to decide – after reading this masterpiece! I had it “done” in a night and a day…It starts as the Crime of the Century for Flint City, somewhere in the South. A small boy is abducted and horrendously abused and murdered. Who is that monster that was able of such a heinous deed? A culprit is soon found – Terry Maitland, the year-long Football and Baseball Coach of Flint City’s precious male offspring! But after a spectacular arrest in public, Terry and his lawyer can prove that he has an alibi which is more than bulletproof. DNA evidence and fingerprints confirm the crime was committed by Terry and even testimonies are sure – it was Terry, Terry, Terry. After an apex of what aberrant behavior even Your friends and neighbors are ready, willing and able to do, an absolutely shocking truth comes to light: Because further and very intensive research confirms Terry was indeed out of town that day. In the company of no-one lesser than… no-no, I do NOT spoiling that! … another excellent crime-writer! And even on video! And Detective Ralph Anderson is asking himself: Can a man be in two places at the same time, supported by prints an DNA in both of those places? But after a short while, Anderson, the Maitlands, their lawyer and other persons do NOT ask themselves: CAN a man be in two places at the same time? But HOW can a man manage that impossible task?Anderson and the others – and the anxious reader too – are digging into Terry’s every step he took in that infamous year. And in Ohio, an “old” acquaintance from the Mercedes Man trilogy is doing meticulously the footwork. And slowly but surely other findings of the most irritating and disturbing kind are emerging around Flint City, too. But those consequences – launched more or less obviously by an infamous “Outsider” – will prove to result really disastrous. And the human mind has to accept that certain things between our Earth and the Big Yonder exist…And I do NOT go into further details – because I am not the person to spoil a perfect read like this, especially for those who love their horror more sinister and looming and disturbing – until the very end.This is a real thriller, which right at the beginning shows that it has not been masterly written by Steven King for the feeble-minded! The first killing is so horrid and repulsive – I really wanted to stop reading! The autopsy of that poor boy is really something else, even for a Master of the Pure Evil. And our natural sense of justice wants the perpetrator urgently to be punished. A thought that obviously troubled the citizens of Flint City, too. The outcome is all Yours to judge, to give Your sincere opinion. How the writer handled a totally abnormal fact like this. In my eyes the thriller is outstanding – under almost every aspect it presents to the shocked reader. And the touch of reminiscence former heroes and heroines of Steven Kings’s earlier books give it a bit of a nostalgic touch, too. And… I am sure that there will be more than one reader that may go back, and re-read Mr. Mercedes, Finders Keepers and End of Watch (The Bill Hodges Trilogy Book 3) . And give it a sigh about the good, old times – when crimes were – probably – differently to digest…
Fabio –
A detective story with a twist on supernatural
This story follows the most recent King’s pattern, where the ordinary life is lightly mixed with supernatural. He did it in Joyland and in the last book of “Mr. Mercedes” trilogy. This is mainly a detective story, with Holly (from the Mr. Mercedes story) as one of the main characters.The story has a good rhythm, the evil creature his own personality. A good novel from the King.
Cliente Amazon –
Enjoyable reading
A great book from a master storyteller. Although this is ton my favorite genre is writing and characters descriptions are always extraordinary.
stelladelnord –
bellissimo
stephen king è sempre il re. e questo romanzo non fa eccezione.
jackey –
A surrealistic thriller
The beginning is very intriguing and well conceived. It starts as a realistic thriller built up on a puzzling paradox. Problem is the impossibility is explained with other impossibilities, the fantastic takes over, takes the upper hand over everything else. I didn’t like this odd mixture, I didn’t find it well balanced like in other books by King. The sentence that justifies it all ” there’s no end to the Universe”, is certainly very true and deep but is not demonstrated through characters and events along the story. The fantastic twist doesn’t simply sound plausible here. Coleridge still remains unmatched….
Hubert –
Ok
Arrivato in anticipo e perfettamente imballato. Il libro si presenta molto bene, è un pezzo di avere se si è fan di Stephen King!
edoarda –
Il possibile doppio (doppelganger)
Il mistero dei deliri commessi da un alter ego
mauro –
Read it!
Stephen King is my favourite writer. This one is the usual page-turner. No surprise other than itself!
Ruth Fouts –
Very interesting. Kept me wanting to keep reading. I would recommend it to all my friends. Steven King is a great author.
mairton –
Um bom livro
Dorely –
Soy una miedosa totalmente pero con ganas de adentrarme más en el mundo de Stephen King, despues de haber leido otros tres libros de el decidi que era hora de algo mas âfuerteâ. Si tu tambien estas indeciso entre que seguir leyendo te lo recomiendo, te atrapa de una, y se lee super facil a pesar de que es un tremendo ladrillo. El libro va muy bien hasta que casi lo acabas donde me decepciono un poquito el final jaja. Pero sin duda alguna se puede omitir eso porque consigues lo que quieres un buen libro para pasar los dias y si terminas cuestionandote que demonios con llamemoslo el personaje malo. Eso hasta que llegas al final para reconfortarte y decirte a ti mismo bueno no existeâ¦
Tim Nebbeling –
If you like Stephen King, you’ll love this book. It’s a somewhat detective type book, although if you dislike books about the ‘supernatural’ this is not for you.
John T –
I have read all of Kings books at least three time and each time is better. This one is slightly different and I enjoyed it immensely. The bad guy is seriously weird and frightening . Holly makes an appearance and that was great.