The Outsider

Zusatztext This chilling novel starts as a police procedural before morphing into the sort of supernatural thriller King is best known for . . . there is violence simmering below the surface of this tightly plotted yarn. Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext Detective Ralph Anderson becomes convinced that contrary to popular belief the local Little League coach is being held wrongfully for an eleven-year-old boy's murder - an assertion that poses the question of how the coach could have seemingly been in two places at once during the moment in question. This twist-bearing thriller shows King to be as consistent in his powers as ever. Vorwort As part of our exciting King reissue programme (2020-2024), we are relaunching his paperbacks with a stunning new cover look. THE OUTSIDER is a captivating CRIME THRILLER. Zusammenfassung As part of our exciting King reissue programme (2020-2024), we are relaunching his paperbacks with a stunning new cover look. THE OUTSIDER is a captivating CRIME THRILLER....

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As part of our exciting King reissue programme (2020-2024), we are relaunching his paperbacks with a stunning new cover look. THE OUTSIDER is a captivating CRIME THRILLER.

Auteur

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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Detective Ralph Anderson becomes convinced that contrary to popular belief the local Little League coach is being held wrongfully for an eleven-year-old boy's murder - an assertion that poses the question of how the coach could have seemingly been in two places at once during the moment in question. This twist-bearing thriller shows King to be as consistent in his powers as ever.

Résumé

King's crime thriller featuring Holly Gibney and Detective Ralph Anderson is now released with a stunning new cover look.

Now you see him. Now you don't.

A horrifying crime.

Water-tight evidence points to a single suspect.

Expect he was seventy miles away, with an iron-clad alibi.

Detective Anderson sets out to investigate the impossible: how can the suspect have been both at the scene of the crime and in another town?