Billy Summers: The No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller

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The perfect crime doesn't exist. The perfect getaway . . . that's another story.

Billy Summers is a killer for hire. He's among the best snipers in the world, a decorated Iraq war vet who can blend into any neighbourhood and disappear after the shot is taken. But he'll only agree to a contract if the target is a truly bad guy.

Now Billy wants out. But first he's offered one final job - an offer which is just too big to refuse.

As the days count down to the hit, Billy senses something is wrong. He doesn't yet know just how wrong, or about the woman who will help him try to set things right.

Part thriller, part war story, part lyrical portrait of small-town America, Billy Summers is about a good man in a bad job, with one last shot at redemption

'A compelling and engrossing read' - Sunday Express

'Adventurously shape-shifting yet always disciplined . . . dazzling' - The Sunday Times

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4.5
131 reviews
Eamon Vella
August 26, 2021
Stephen King is a true genius. This story is absolutely brilliant. It has been written in a way that makes you feel anxiety, stress and elation. I'd highly recommend this book to any Stephen King fan. It isn't horror, nor is it supernatural, but it's extremely entertaining. I highly recommend this book.
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mark doney
September 24, 2022
read it to the end so I must have liked it and I did. my only slight disappointment was the main baddie dynamic was a bit 'same old, same old' sorry for my rubbish grammar.
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Megan Green
September 5, 2022
A beautifully written, thoughtful piece. Action, joy, sadness. The whole shebang. Exactly what I would expect from such a brilliant writter. Thank you again Mr King. Outstanding. A Reader.
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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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