Holly Gibney, one of Stephen King's most compelling and ingeniously resourceful characters, returns in this thrilling novel to uncover the gruesome truth behind multiple disappearances in a Midwestern town. 'I could never let Holly Gibney go. She was supposed to be a walk-on character in Mr Mercedes and she just kind of stole the book and stole my heart.Holly is all her' STEPHEN KINGBonnie Dahl is missing . . . Holly Gibney of the Finders Keepers detective agency is meant to be on leave.But she finds it impossible to turn down Bonnie's mother's desperate request for help.Then she discovers a single earring close to the location of Bonnie's abandoned bike.Mere blocks from where Bonnie Dahl disappeared live Professors Rodney and Emily Harris.They are the picture of bourgeois respectability: semi-retired lifelong academics.But they are harbouring a savage secret in the basement of their book-lined home.Now Holly must summon all her formidable talents if she is to uncover the truth behind multiple disappearances in her Midwestern town. 'Holly Gibney has matured into one of [King's] most memorable creations - a resourceful private investigator . . . Truly chilling, it aptly demonstrates King's inimitable talent as a storyteller' Daily Mail