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
