{"product_id":"holly","title":"Holly","description":"                                            \u003cb\u003e*THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHolly Gibney, one of Stephen King's most compelling and ingeniously resourceful characters, returns in this thrilling novel to solve the gruesome truth behind multiple disappearances in a Midwestern town.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStephen King's HOLLY marks the triumphant return of beloved King character Holly Gibney. Readers have witnessed Holly's gradual transformation from a shy (but also brave and ethical) recluse in \u003ci\u003eMr Mercedes\u003c\/i\u003e to Bill Hodges's partner in \u003ci\u003eFinders Keepers\u003c\/i\u003e to a full-fledged, smart, and occasionally tough private detective in \u003ci\u003eThe Outsider\u003c\/i\u003e. In King's new novel, Holly is on her own, and up against a pair of unimaginably depraved and brilliantly disguised adversaries.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Penny Dahl calls the Finders Keepers detective agency hoping for help locating her missing daughter, Holly is reluctant to accept the case. Her partner, Pete, has Covid. Her (very complicated) mother has just died. And Holly is meant to be on leave. But something in Penny Dahl's desperate voice makes it impossible for Holly to turn her down.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMere blocks from where Bonnie Dahl disappeared live Professors Rodney and Emily Harris. They are the picture of bourgeois respectability: married octogenarians, devoted to each other, and semi-retired lifelong academics. But they are harbouring an unholy secret in the basement of their well-kept, book-lined home, one that may be related to Bonnie's disappearance. And it will prove nearly impossible to discover what they are up to: they are savvy, they are patient, and they are ruthless.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHolly must summon all her formidable talents to outthink and outmanoeuvre the shockingly twisted professors in this chilling new masterwork from Stephen King.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I could never let Holly Gibney go. She was supposed to be a walk-on character in \u003ci\u003eMr Mercedes \u003c\/i\u003eand she just kind of stole the book and stole my heart. \u003ci\u003eHolly \u003c\/i\u003eis all her.' STEPHEN KING \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Lavished with the kind of dialogue most mortal writers can only dream of crafting ... King's portrait of Holly is sympathetic, subtle and seductive' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eINDEPENDENT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'King's wonderfully awkward private detective Holly Gibney returns in this black-hearted parable of American life in the Covid era... As horrifying as anything King has written' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMAIL ON SUNDAY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Stephen King's prolific late flowering continues with a new outing for his detective Holly Gibney, chasing down serial killers in \u003ci\u003eHolly\u003c\/i\u003e' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Not content with being the master of horror and fantasy, in recent years \u003cb\u003eStephen King\u003c\/b\u003e has earned a place among \u003cb\u003eAmerica's finest crime writers'\u003c\/b\u003e - Sunday Express\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Undeniably \u003cb\u003eone of the greatest storytellers of the past century\u003c\/b\u003e, Stephen King is a master at revealing the horrors that lurk beneath the surface of what looks like ordinary life' - Daily Mail\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA tour de force. Stephen King brings back Holly Gibney to battle two real life monsters. Creepy as hell but full of heart too - LINWOOD BARCLAY\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLavished with the kind of dialogue most mortal writers can only dream of crafting ... King's portrait of Holly is sympathetic, subtle and seductive - INDEPENDENT\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKing's wonderfully awkward private detective Holly Gibney returns in this black-hearted parable of American life in the Covid era... As horrifying as anything King has written - Mail on Sunday\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMasterful... lyrical and horrifying - Catriona Ward, Guardian\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStephen King's prolific late flowering continues with a new outing for his detective Holly Gibney, chasing down serial killers in \u003ci\u003eHolly\u003c\/i\u003e - Guardian\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNail-biting and disturbing, it turns into a helter-skelter race to the finish line - Alison Flood, Observer\u003cbr\u003eSTEPHEN KING is the author of more than seventy books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His crime thrillers featuring Holly Gibney include \u003ci\u003eMr Mercedes\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Edgar Award for best novel, and \u003ci\u003eThe Outsider\u003c\/i\u003e, both of which were adapted into successful TV series, as well as \u003ci\u003eFinders Keepers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEnd of Watch\u003c\/i\u003e and the title story from \u003ci\u003eIf It Bleeds\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMany of his titles are the basis for major motion pictures including \u003ci\u003eIT\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStand By Me \u003c\/i\u003e(adapted from \u003ci\u003eThe Body\u003c\/i\u003e) and \u003ci\u003eThe Shawshank Redemption\u003c\/i\u003e, which is IMDb's top-rated movie of all time.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKing is the recipient of \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\r\n                                        ","brand":"Stephen King","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42553905021119,"sku":"9781399712927","price":33.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/1689\/8751\/files\/9781399712927.jpg?v=1697602821","url":"https:\/\/www.popweasel.co.nz\/products\/holly","provider":"Pop Weasel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}