Rose Madder

Name: Rose Madder
Rating: 4.642857074737549 (56 reviews)

Stephen King

Mar 2010 · Hachette UK

4.6

56 reviews

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300

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Roused by a single drop of blood, Rosie Daniels wakes up to the chilling realisation that her husband is going to kill her. And she takes flight - with his credit card.

Alone in a strange city, Rosie begins to build a new life: she meets Bill and she finds an odd junk shop painting, 'Rose Madder', which strangely seems to want her as much as she wants it.

But it's hard for Rosie not to keep looking over her shoulder. Norman is a corrupt cop with the instincts of a predator. A man almost mythic in his monstrosity. For Rosie to survive, she must enter the myth and become a person she never knew she could be - Rose Madder.

Because Norman is getting close. Rosie can feel how close he is getting . . .

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4.6

56 reviews

Stephanie Eyles

March 19, 2023

I had great difficulty putting this book down & going to sleep each night. As a once upon a time victim of domestic violence, I was able to relate to Rose a little too well! The ending was much anticipated & well received

A Google user

September 3, 2012

Female role is endearing, although felt slightly cheated. As you wonder how on earth she is going to escape her abusive husband, seems a bit too convenient that she just hops in to her painting on her bedroom wall. Lacks verisimilitude in an otherwise very realistic scenario.

Charmaine B

February 8, 2013

I read this book years ago and never forgot it, a gripping story. About to read it again. I am not a reader, but Stephen kings been the only author that's keep my attention enough to finish his books :-) x

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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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