Holly - Stephen King - Top Book Pick!

Thriller

Rating: 9/10

I am ashamed to say that for a split second, I doubted that I would find myself captivated by this particular Stephen King book. Shame. On. Me.

When I heard that his latest didn’t have a supernatural element, a rarity even if in a microscopic dose, I put this on the shelf for a later date. Then the accolades started to seep in, and I found myself lured as handily as if a clown was whispering sweet nothings to me from a sewer.

Holly is a rather shy and reclusive private investigator who is hired by a mother desperate to find out what happened to her missing daughter. Soon Holly discovers connections to other missing people. A broad plot that has certainly made the rounds among thriller writers, so what’s left to offer?

The answer to that is the casting of diabolically depraved miscreants created by a master. Apparently, the bonkers Annie Wilkes was barely skimming the surface of this authors reservoir of villains.

I was thrilled to be reminded that King is a superb writer who seamlessly navigates the realms in which all genres meet.  As long as darkness is allowed to enter.

Opening a Stephen King novel and encountering his masterful prose is like finding myself in the most sacred of spaces, despite whatever horrors he has in store for me.

Book Pairing(s):The Institute by Stephen King, Two Girls Down by Louisa Luna, The Long And Faraway Gone by Lou Berney