If It Bleeds
About this book
A collection of four uniquely wonderful long stories, including a stand-alone sequel to the No. 1 bestseller THE OUTSIDER.
News people have a saying: 'If it bleeds, it leads'. And a bomb at Albert Macready Middle School is guaranteed to lead any bulletin.
Holly Gibney of the Finders Keepers detective agency is working on the case of a missing dog - and on her own need to be more assertive - when she sees the footage on TV. But when she tunes in again, to the late-night report, she realises there is something not quite right about the correspondent who was first on the scene. So begins 'If It Bleeds', a stand-alone sequel to the No. 1 bestselling THE OUTSIDER featuring the incomparable Holly on her first solo case - and also the riveting title story in Stephen King's brilliant new collection.
Dancing alongside are three more wonderful long stories from this 'formidably versatile author' (The Sunday Times) - 'Mr Harrigan's Phone', 'The Life of Chuck' and 'Rat'. All four display the richness of King's storytelling with grace, humour, horror and breathtaking suspense. A fascinating Author's Note gives us a wonderful insight into the origin of each story and the writer's unparalleled imagination
Subjects
- ambition
- american horror tales
- american short stories
- authors
- fantasy
- fiction
- fiction, horror
- fiction, suspense
- fiction, thrillers, suspense
- friendship
- future life
- horror
- horror stories
- intergenerational relations
- interpersonal relations
- mystery
- mystery thriller
- new york times bestseller
- nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-fiction=2020-05-10
- nyt:mass-market-monthly=2022-09-11
- short stories
- suspense
- thriller