by Stephen King
First published 2025
Detective Izzy Jaynes stares at a chilling letter that promises fourteen deaths in Buckeye City. The writer plans to "kill thirteen innocents and one guilty" as payback for someone's death. Izzy knows this threat is real and calls her friend Holly Gibney for help. Meanwhile, women's rights speaker Kate McKay travels the country giving lectures that draw crowds of supporters and enemies. Someone opposes her message so violently that they stalk her from city to city, disrupting her events with growing boldness. Kate hires Holly as her bodyguard, but protecting a stubborn client from a righteous fanatic proves nearly impossible. Holly must navigate both cases as the anonymous letter writer prepares for mass murder and Kate's stalker escalates toward violence. The two investigations pull Holly between a killer seeking twisted justice and a zealot who believes female empowerment threatens everything he holds sacred.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, thriller
Vibes: dark, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: cat-and-mouse, enemies-to-lovers
Setting: Buckeye City
Period: 21st-century
448 pages · Hardcover · Scribner
Content warnings: murder, violence