by Stephen King
Part of Bill Hodges, book 3
First published 2016
Brady Hartsfield lies motionless in Room 217 of the Lakes Region Traumatic Brain Injury Clinic, seemingly trapped in a vegetative state after Holly Gibney's devastating blow five years ago. His doctors see no hope for recovery from the Mercedes Massacre that killed eight people. But Brady is awake behind his vacant stare, and he has acquired terrifying new abilities that let him kill without leaving his hospital bed. Retired detective Bill Hodges now runs a private investigation agency with Holly when they're called to examine a suicide connected to the old Mercedes case. The death pulls them into Brady's web of supernatural revenge. As the killer targets not just Hodges and his team but an entire city, Bill must protect Holly, young Jerome Robinson, and Jerome's sister Barbara from an enemy who can strike anywhere. Brady plans to finish what he started, using powers that make him more dangerous than ever before.
Genres: mystery, crime, horror, supernatural, detective, psychological-thriller
Vibes: dark, emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Lakes Region Traumatic Brain Injury Clinic, Mercedes Massacre
Period: Five Years Ago
432 pages · Hardcover · Scribner
Content warnings: violence