by Stephen King
First published 2023
Holly Gibney wants to stay on leave from the Finders Keepers detective agency. Her partner Pete has Covid, her complicated mother just died, and she needs time to process everything. But when Penny Dahl calls about her missing daughter Bonnie, something in the woman's desperate voice makes Holly say yes to the case. The search leads Holly to a quiet midwestern neighborhood where Professors Rodney and Emily Harris live in academic retirement. The married octogenarians appear completely respectable in their book-filled home, but they hide something shocking in their basement. Holly suspects the Harris couple knows more about Bonnie's disappearance than they admit. As she digs deeper, she discovers these aren't ordinary retirees but calculating predators who have perfected their deadly methods over decades. Holly must use every skill she possesses to expose their crimes and survive their retaliation. The investigation forces her to confront pure evil while wrestling with her own grief and the weight of protecting future victims.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, thriller
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, survival
Setting: Midwest
Period: Contemporary
449 pages · Hardcover · Scribner
Content warnings: murder, violence