Finders Keepers

A Novel

By: Stephen King

Narrated by: Will Patton

2016 Audie Award Finalist for Best Male Narrator

The second book in Stephen King’s Bill Hodges trilogy (Mr. Mercedes, Finders Keepers, End of Watch)

“Stephen King’s superb stay-up-all-night thriller is a sly tale of literary obsession that recalls the themes of his classic 1987 novel Misery” (The Washington Post)—the #1 New York Times bestseller about the power of storytelling, starring the same trio of unlikely and winning heroes Stephen King introduced in Mr. Mercedes.

“Wake up, genius.” So announces deranged fan Morris Bellamy to iconic author John Rothstein, who once created the famous character Jimmy Gold and hasn’t released anything since. Morris is livid, not just because his favorite writer has stopped publishing, but because Jimmy Gold ended up as a sellout. Morris kills his idol and empties his safe of cash, but the real haul is a collection of notebooks containing John Rothstein’s unpublished work...including at least one more Jimmy Gold novel. Morris hides everything away—the money and the manuscripts no one but Gold ever saw—before being locked up for another horrific crime. But upon Morris’s release thirty-five years later, he’s about to discover that teenager Pete Saubers has already found the stolen treasure—and no one but former police detective Bill Hodges, along with his trusted associates Holly Gibney and Jerome Robinson, stands in the way of his vengeance...

Not since Misery has Stephen King played with the notion of a reader and murderous obsession, filled with “nail biting suspense that’s the hallmark of [his] best work” (Publishers Weekly).

Another excellent story by the master

Stephen king never fails to deliver. This book is on par with any of his greats.

King is truly The Master and Patton is perfect

This book was wonderful. A great and compelling storyline but my favorite part has the be the characters, which are artfully developed by King and made so endearing by Patton. As Holly might say: "buy this book. Buy it, buy it, buy it!"

All roads lead to the Tower.

Stephen King never fails to keep me spellbound from the beginning to the end.

Awesome book

Better than mr Mercedes

The main plot of the story was interesting. It reminded me of the goldfinch with a salingeresque box of notebooks rather than a painting. A nice enjoyable thriller that moves from the past, present, and hints to interesting things to come in the future.

"I guess what I mean is his work changed my heart.

The second book in the Bill Hodges story has all of your favorite characters from "Mr. Mercedes" with some new ones thrown in for good measure. It is a recipe for exciting adventure.

The book begins with a robbery at a famous author, John Rothstein's house with money and mole skinned notebooks stolen by an obsessive fan who isn't pleased that Mr. Rothstein sold out his favorite character Jimmy Gold. Not since "Misery" has an obsessed fan made such an indelible impression on me. The thief is caught for another crime and sent to prison.

Thirty plus years later, Pete Saubers,14, finds a treasure in the woods, cash and notebooks. It comes in handy because the recession has hit his family hard and they seem to be falling apart.

After the money runs out, Pete wonders if the notebooks might have some value also and tries to find a way to help his sister attend a private school with her friends. Before he knows it, Pete and his entire family are in deep doo-doo.

The tale really gets going when Bill Hodges, Holly Gibney and Jerome Robinson decide to pitch in and help them out. I trust in these people to do the right thing and save the day. If they can catch a serial murderer before he blows up an auditorium than they can catch this obsessive fan from hurting the Saubers family.

My favorite character is Holly, the OCD to the max lady who became Bill's secretary and computer whiz whose instinct if not her people skills are top notch. It's nice to see her begin to come out of her shell around Bill and to be able to step outside of her comfort zone in order to help others.

As in "Mr. Mercedes", this is not a typical Stephen King book. It's more a thriller, but like all of King's books it's written in the way we speak and the characters are real and believable.

I listened to this book with Will Patton's narration and there is no better narrator today than him.

I loved it!