Finders Keepers by Stephen King

My Rating; 4 Stars.


Date finished: 26/5/17


Date published: 2/6/15





Synopsis from Goodreads: 






A masterful, intensely suspenseful novel about a reader whose obsession with a reclusive writer goes far too far—a book about the power of storytelling, starring the same trio of unlikely and winning heroes King introduced in Mr. Mercedes

“Wake up, genius.” So begins King’s instantly riveting story about a vengeful reader. The genius is John Rothstein, an iconic author who created a famous character, Jimmy Gold, but who hasn’t published a book for decades. Morris Bellamy is livid, not just because Rothstein has stopped providing books, but because the nonconformist Jimmy Gold has sold out for a career in advertising. Morris kills Rothstein and empties his safe of cash, yes, but the real treasure is a trove of notebooks containing at least one more Gold novel.

Morris hides the money and the notebooks, and then he is locked away for another crime. Decades later, a boy named Pete Saubers finds the treasure, and now it is Pete and his family that Bill Hodges, Holly Gibney, and Jerome Robinson must rescue from the ever-more deranged and vengeful Morris when he’s released from prison after thirty-five years.

My review: 

So this is the sequel to Mr Mercedes. I enjoyed the first book and was interested to see how the second book would fair. I was also interested to see how the Bill Hodges series would become a series - Mr Mercedes was definitely good as a standalone. I really enjoy King's books and he writes a good crime thriller too. His writing is superb whatever he writes. 

The second book has a lot less Bill Hodges in it and at one point I was even wondering if he was going to actually make an appearance. It isn't until over half way through the book when he appears. This book could definitely be read as a standalone; there are a few points that follow from the first book. This book almost felt like a stepping stone to the third book after reading the synopsis of End of Watch. I actually felt like this book would have done better in my opinion without adding Bill Hodges and his team; it almost felt like he was forced into the storyline. I enjoyed the characters in this one too and the backgrounds for each one. I particularly enjoyed having some back story as to what Morris does throughout his time in prison. 

Overall, this was a really well written book and I really enjoyed the whole situation with the book and the intertwining of the different decades between Saubers and Morris. Could have been a bit better but I am definitely looking forward to reading the final book in the series. 

Happy reading :)