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Violence
A lot
Serial killer murders described in clinical and horrifying detail; some graphic imagery
Language
Some
King's typical moderate language throughout
Sexual Content
Barely any
Nothing explicit
Substance Use
Barely any
Social drinking; one character's decline depicted
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Predators hidden in respectability, Holly's own mortality and grief, obsession as a psychological state
What this book is about
Holly Gibney investigates the disappearance of a young woman while managing her own mother's decline from COVID. The culprits turn out to be a retired professor and his wife — seemingly respectable people with a carefully hidden predatory secret. Stephen King brings his most beloved detective to a standalone novel that is part character study, part horror, and part sharp cultural commentary on who gets away with evil.
Notes for sensitive readers
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serial killer crimes and victims
graphic descriptions of murders
psychological horror
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