This is the second book in the Mr Mercedes trilogy. Retired detective, Bill Hodges, has set up a detective agency with the lovely autistic Holly Gibney and the main plot of this book revolves around Pete, the son of a man who was badly injured in the incident that opened the first book in the series. Pete finds a trunk full of old handwritten notebooks written by a famous writer murdered twenty five years previously, as well as thousands of dollars in cash. Through flashbacks, we learn about the young man who murdered the writer and hid the trunk but was jailed for an unconnected crime before being able to retrieve it. Pete and his family are thrown into horrible danger when the criminal gets out of prison and comes looking for his stash.
Again, I very much enjoyed this book, Stephen King is a great storyteller and the detective crime solving style is one I like. The book ended with a supernatural sting in the tale which made me excited to read the third book!
Sarah Wray Writer 