Finders Keepers

Finders Keepers by Stephen King, 434 pages

A sequel to Mr. Mercedes, this book involves Bill Hodges, Holly Gibney, and Jerome Robinson again.  However, they don’t come in until halfway through the story.  A man named Morris Bellamy kills a famous author, John Rothstein, and steals his money and notebooks full of unpublished writings.  He hides everything until things cool down but in the meantime is arrested and sentenced to life in prison for an unrelated crime.  Decades later, a young teen named Pete Sauber finds the money and the notebooks.  Unfortunately, Bellamy is eligible for parole.  I really liked this book, probably as much as I’ve liked anything by King.  He still can write some truly horrific scenes and even some terrifying scenes, but I almost feel like his stories have improved since he’s lightened up a little on that aspect.  I highly recommend it to fans of King and horror.