Unbeknownst to anyone, Rothstein has written two unpublished books featuring his popular character, Jimmy Gold.īellamy and two accomplices kill Rothstein and steal cash and notebooks containing the manuscripts. Also returning is retired police detective Bill Hodges, the investigating officer in theįinders Keepers begins in 1978 with the New Hampshire home invasion of reclusive and retired author John Rothstein, whose fictional works bear some resemblance to the real-life Rabbit series by John Updike. Mercedes when a stolen Mercedes-Benz 500 SL plowed into a crowd of people awaiting the early-morning opening of a job fair, killing eight people and injuring 15 others. Saubers is the son of a man who was injured in Mr. Readers take an exciting plunge into two very different worlds - those of Morris Bellamy, killer and thief and Pete Saubers, teenager and finder of stolen treasures. He continues down that path in the sequel, Finders Keepers, emphasizing not the whodunit but the whofoundit. Mercedes, King successfully shifted his focus from supernatural horror to human evil. It was a big deal, even for an enormously popular horror writer such as King, to be recognized in a competition whose winners over the past 60 years have included mystery icons Patricia Highsmith, John le Carre and Raymond Chandler. Mercedes, was honored with a 2015 Edgar Award for best crime novel. The second book of Stephen King’s planned trilogy has big shoes to fill.
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