Description
End of Watch is a crime novel by American author Stephen King, published on June 7, 2016. It is the third volume of Bill Hodges trilogy that began with Mr. Mercedes (the first volume) and Finders Keepers (the second volume). At the 2015 Edgar Award, while accepting the award for the Best Novel for Mr. Mercedes, King announced that the novel's antagonist, Brady Hartsfield, would be making a return in this third and final volume of the series. In End of Watch, the devilish "Mercedes Killer" drive his enemies to suicide, and if Bill Hodges and Holly Gibney don't figure out a way to stop him, they will be victims themselves.
It has been seven years since the Mercedes Killer, Brady Hartsfield, was knocked on the head and put into a catatonic state. On a hapless day, in room no. 217 of the Lakes Region Traumatic Brain Injury Click, something has awakened. Something evil. Hartsfield, the perpetrator of the Mercedes Massacre, where eight people were killed and many more were badly injured, has been in the mental clinic for five years in a vegetative state. According to his doctors, anything approaching a complete recovery is unlikely.
But behind the drool and stare, Brady is awake, and in possession of deadly new powers that allow him to wreak unimaginable havoc without ever leaving his hospital room. Retired police detective Bill Hodges, the hero of Mr. Mercedes and Finders Keepers, now runs an investigation agency with his partner, Holly Gibney—the woman who delivered the blow to Hartsfield’s head that put him on the brain injury ward. When Bill and Holly are called to a suicide scene with ties to the Mercedes Massacre, they find themselves pulled into their most dangerous case yet, one that will put their lives at risk, as well as those of Bill’s 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 an entire city.
In End of Watch, Stephen King brings the Hodges trilogy to a sublimely terrifying conclusion, combining the detective fiction of Mr. Mercedes and Finders Keepers with the heart-pounding, supernatural suspense that has been his bestselling trademark. The result is an unnerving look at human vulnerability and chilling suspense. No one does it better than King.
"The result is a book that mixes revenge, crime, and otherworldly power, bringing the trilogy to a thrilling, satisfying close."--Chris Schluep
Adaptation
On October 10, 2017, Audience announced that the TV series based on the first Bill Hodges Novel, Mr. Mercedes, was renewed for season 2, based on the original Mr. Mercedes novel, Finders Keepers, and End of Watch.
About the Author
Stephen King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural, fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them are worldwide bestsellers, including seven under the pen name Richard Bachman. He has written approximately 200 short stories, most of which have been published in book collections.
His first crime thriller featuring Bill Hodges, Mr. Mercedes, won the Edgar Award for best novel and was shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger Award. Both Mr. Mercedes and End of Watch received the Goodreads Choice Award for the Best Mystery and Thriller of 2014 and 2016 respectively.
His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by the New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller as well as the Best Hardcover Book Award from the International Thriller Writers Association.
He co-wrote the bestselling novel Sleeping Beauties with his son Owen King, and many of King's books have been turned into celebrated films and television series including The Shawshank Redemption, Gerald's Game, and It.
Stephen King has been the recipient of many national and international awards to date. He has received America's prestigious 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters and the 2014 National Medal of Arts. In 2007 he also won the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. He has been described as 'King of Horror' a play on his surname.
King studied at the University of Maine, graduating in 1970 with a Bachelor of Arts in English. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.
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Series: Bill Hodges Trilogy (Book 3)
Rating: 4.6/5
Author: Stephen King
Publisher: Scribner
Publishing Date: June 7, 2016
Edition Language: English
Genre: Crime Fiction, Supernatural Thriller, Horror,
ISBN-10: 1501129740
ISBN-13: 978-1501129742
Pages: 432 (Hardcover)
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