A masterful, intensely suspenseful novel about a reader whose obsession with a r
eclusive writer goes far too far--a book about the power of storytelling, starri
ng the same trio of unlikely and winning heroes King introduced in "Mr. Mercedes
."
"Wake up, genius." So begins King's instantly riveting story about a vengef
ul reader. The genius is John Rothstein, an iconic author who created a famous c
haracter, Jimmy Gold, but who hasn't published a book for decades. Morris Bellam
y is livid, not just because Rothstein has stopped providing books, but because
the nonconformist Jimmy Gold has sold out for a career in advertising. Morris ki
lls Rothstein and empties his safe of cash, yes, but the real treasure is a trov
e of notebooks containing at least one more Gold novel.
