Another book in my Stephen King challenge - I've challenged myself to pickup and read each Stephen King book, but only from charity shops or second hand from friends - I found this book in a 'honesty box' donation outside a run down home in the middle of a Scottish island - How could I not pick it up! The story starts with the horrific murder of a young boy. The suspect is identified quickly, witnesses swear it was him, even his DNA was found - yet he was several hundred miles away on live TV. It couldn't have been him, could it? This book reminds me of the Stephen King classics, the older books that don't hold back on the horror, thriller, and constantly ramp up the suspense. I finished the 561 pages in a week, devouring the story to find out who or what had committed the crime. As a criticism of the book, I don't think the murder at the start had to be _so_ grotesque? Stephen King could have chosen to leave out certain details and we as readers would still have been horrified and brought into finding the killer. I'd recommend this book, it's a solid 3.5/5 maybe even a 4 for the right reader in the right headspace. ----- You can find out more about the book on [StoryGraph](https://beta.thestorygraph.com/books/3166ad6f-f272-437c-906d-d62dbf62f69e). I’m trying to push myself as both a reader and a writer by writing a review for the books I've read. #books #bookreview