The Outsider: The No.1 Sunday Times Bestseller

· Hodder & Stoughton · Narrated by Will Patton
4.4
38 reviews
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A compelling and chilling suspense novel, which will delight all readers of King's bestselling Hodges Trilogy.

Following the phenomenal success of his Bill Hodges series, MR MERCEDES, FINDERS KEEPERS and END OF WATCH, all Number 1 bestsellers, Stephen King has written an unputdownable crime thriller with a unique twist.

When an eleven-year-old boy is found murdered, forensic evidence and reliable eyewitnesses undeniably point to the town's popular Little League coach. But the jailed suspect, arrested in a public spectacle, has an alibi, and further research convinces Detective Ralph Anderson that the coach was indeed out of town. So how can he have been in two places at the same time?

A compelling and chilling suspense novel, which will delight all readers of King's bestselling Hodges Trilogy.

(P)2018 Simon & Schuster Audio

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4.4
38 reviews
Liz K
January 6, 2019
Masterfully written by Stephen King; wonderfully read by Will Patton. Indeed it was the long free sample that decided me to buy this book on audio: at the (to me) extortionate (new) price of nearly £22. But I had to find out what happened! 😉 And have it read by the gravelly-voiced, yet expression-filled and beautifully tragedy-expressing voice of Mr Patton. (I shall look for more of his.) And no, it wasn't what I thought was going to happen by the end of the sample! Long book: well worth it
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David Price
July 2, 2018
Stock Stephen King story. Bit like IT but not as good
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Syed Mohammed Qutubuddin QMS
July 1, 2018
Bloody useless book
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About the author

STEPHEN KING is the author of more than seventy books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His crime thrillers featuring Holly Gibney include Mr Mercedes, winner of the Edgar Award for best novel, and The Outsider, both of which were adapted into successful TV series, as well as Finders Keepers, End of Watch and the title story from If It Bleeds. Many of his titles are the basis for major motion pictures including IT, Stand By Me (adapted from The Body) and The Shawshank Redemption, which is IMDb's top-rated movie of all time. King is the recipient of The Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence 2022, the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.

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