*THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER* Holly Gibney one of Stephen King's most compelling and
ingeniously resourceful characters returns in this thrilling novel to solve the gruesome truth
behind multiple disappearances in a Midwestern town. Stephen King's HOLLY marks the
triumphant return of beloved King character Holly Gibney. Readers have witnessed Holly's
gradual transformation from a shy (but also brave and ethical) recluse in Mr Mercedes to Bill
Hodges's partner in Finders Keepers to a full-fledged smart and occasionally tough private
detective in The Outsider . In King's new novel Holly is on her own and up against a pair of
unimaginably depraved and brilliantly disguised adversaries. When Penny Dahl calls the Finders
Keepers detective agency hoping for help locating her missing daughter Holly is reluctant to
accept the case. Her partner Pete has Covid. Her (very complicated) mother has just died. And
Holly is meant to be on leave. But something in Penny Dahl's desperate voice makes it
impossible for Holly to turn her down. Mere blocks from where Bonnie Dahl disappeared live
Professors Rodney and Emily Harris. They are the picture of bourgeois respectability: married
octogenarians devoted to each other and semi-retired lifelong academics. But they are
harbouring an unholy secret in the basement of their well-kept book-lined home one that may
be related to Bonnie's disappearance. And it will prove nearly impossible to discover what they
are up to: they are savvy they are patient and they are ruthless. Holly must summon all her
formidable talents to outthink and outmanoeuvre the shockingly twisted professors in this
chilling new masterwork from Stephen King. 'I could never let Holly Gibney go. She was
supposed to be a walk-on character in Mr Mercedes and she just kind of stole the book and stole
my heart. Holly is all her.' STEPHEN KING 'Lavished with the kind of dialogue most mortal
writers can only dream of crafting ... King's portrait of Holly is sympathetic subtle and
seductive' INDEPENDENT 'King's wonderfully awkward private detective Holly Gibney returns in
this black-hearted parable of American life in the Covid era... As horrifying as anything King
has written' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'Stephen King's prolific late flowering continues with a new
outing for his detective Holly Gibney chasing down serial killers in Holly ' GUARDIAN
