From legendary storyteller and No. 1 bestseller Stephen King comes a thrilling new novel about a good guy in a bad job.
Billy Summers is a man in a room with a gun. He's a killer for hire and the best in the business. But he'll do the job only if the target is a truly bad guy. And now Billy wants out. But first there is one last hit. Billy is among the best snipers in the world,a decorated Iraq war vet,a Houdini when it comes to vanishing after the job is done. So what could possibly go wrong
How about everything.
This spectacular can't-put-it-down novel is part war story,part love letter to small town America and the people who live there,and it features one of the most compelling and surprising duos in King fiction,who set out to avenge the crimes of an extraordinarily evil man. It's about love,luck,fate,and a complex hero with one last shot at redemption. You won't put this story down,and you won't forget Billy.
Publisher: Hodder & StoughtonISBN: 9781529365702Number of pages: 448Weight: 320 gDimensions: 196 x 128 x 32 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'A dazzlingly shapeshifting novel that,like its antihero,only pretends to be easy to pigeonhole. Disciplined but adventurous,equally good at action scenes and in-depth psychology'- The Sunday Times
'A thriller with a surprisingly heartfelt and redemptive ending,Billy Summers is a compelling and engrossing read'- Sunday Express
'King's killer instinct hits the mark again... Without abandoning his blood-chilling propensities,he has transformed himself into one of the most adroit and accomplished crime writers in the US. King has negotiated the shifting of gears with the kind of panache that befits the "ultimate storyteller" (for once,publisher hyperbole is justified)'- The I
'His best book in years... He may always be considered a horror novelist,but King is doing the best work of his later career when the ghosts are packed away and the monsters are all too human'- Guardian
'Storytelling genius'- Telegraph
Stephen King
We celebrate the author known to many as the father of modern horror. For a generation of readers,Stephen King is the voice of the underbelly of small-town America,having made his name as the author of cult classics (with an equally strong legacy of film adaptations) including Carrie,The Shining,The Green Mile,The Stand,Pet Sematary,IT,Under the DomeandThe Tommyknockers. If there's an author who knows how to mine the dark recesses of the human imagination,it's King.
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