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When an eleven-year-old boy is found murdered in a town park, reliable eyewitnesses undeniably point to the town's popular Little League coach, Terry Maitland, as the culprit. DNA evidence and fingerprints confirm the crime was committed by this well-loved family man. Horrified by the brutal killing, Detective Ralph Anderson, whose own son was once coached by Maitland, orders the suspect to be arrested in a public spectacle. But Maitland has an alibi. And further research confirms he was indeed out of town that day. As Anderson and the District Attorney trace the clues, the investigation expands from Ohio to Texas. And as horrifying answers begin to emerge, so King's propulsive story of almost unbearable suspense kicks into high gear. Terry Maitland seems like a nice guy but there is one rock-hard fact, as unassailable as gravity: a man cannot be in two places at the same time. Can he?

THE GUNSLINGER is the first volume in Stephen King's epic Dark Tower series. The Dark Tower is Soon to be a major motion picture starring Matthew McConaughey and Idris Elba, due in cinemas July 28, 2

Astuto y despiadado como una serpiente de cascabel, Skinner Sweet tiene fama de ser terco e intratable. Es el primer vampiro concebido en tierra americana, pero no es la habitual criatura de la noche. Es mas fuerte, mas fiero y el sol renueva sus energias... Sweet es el primero de una nueva raza de chupasangres: el vampiro americano.45 años despues de alzarse de su tumba, Sweet se encuentra en Los Angeles en los años veinte, donde los jovenes y bellos se ven atraidos como polillas por las luces de Hollywood. Sin embargo, hay algo mas que simples humanos acechando alli, como la joven actriz Pearl Jones esta a punto de descubrir. Cuando su sueño de convertirse en una estrella de cine se transforma en una pesadilla sangrienta, Sweet le da su unica oportunidad de sobrevivir, asi como el poder de vengarse.El legendario maestro del terror Stephen King se une al escritor Scott Snyder y al dibujante Rafael Albuquerque para guiarnos a traves de decadas de expansion americana y evolucion de los no muertos. Este volumen recopila los cinco primeros numeros de la aclamada serie Vertigo, con una nueva introduccion de Stephen King.

A spectacularly dark and electrifying novel about addiction, religion, music and what might exist on the other side of life. In a small New England town, in the early 60s, a shadow falls over a small boy playing with his toy soldiers. Jamie Morton looks up to see a striking man, the new minister, Charles Jacobs. Soon they forge a deep bond, based on their fascination with simple experiments in electricity. Decades later, Jamie is living a nomadic lifestyle of bar-band rock and roll. Now an addict, he sees Jacobs again - a showman on stage, creating dazzling 'portraits in lightning' - and their meeting has profound consequences for both men. Their bond becomes a pact beyond even the Devil's devising, and Jamie discovers that revival has many meanings. This rich and disturbing novel spans five decades on its way to the most terrifying conclusion Stephen King has ever written. It's a masterpiece from King, in the great American tradition of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe.

A riveting crime thriller about a reader whose obsession with a reclusive writer goes too far, featuring the same trio of unlikely and winning heroes King introduced in MR MERCEDES.Finders Keepers is spectacular suspense, and it is King writing about how literature shapes a life - for good, for bad, for ever. Not since Misery has King written with such visceral power about a reader with such a dangerous obsession1978:Morris Bellamy is a reader so obsessed by America''s iconic author John Rothstein that he is prepared to kill for a trove of notebooks containing at least one more unpublished novel.2009:Pete Saubers, a boy whose father was brutally injured by a stolen Mercedes, discovers a buried trunk containing cash and Rothstein''s notebooks.2013:After thirty-five years in prison, Morris is up for parole. And he''s hell-bent on recovering his treasure.Now it''s up to retired detective Bill Hodges - running an investigative company called ''Finders Keepers'' - to rescue Pete from an ever-more deranged and vengeful Morris...Not since Misery has King written with such visceral power about a reader with such a dangerous obsession. Finders Keepers is spectacular suspense, and it is King writing about how literature shapes a life for good, for bad, for ever.

La foudre est-elle plus puissante que Dieu ? Il a suffi de quelques jours au charismatique Révérend Charles Jacobs pour ensorceler les habitants de Harlow dans le Maine. Et plus que tout autre, le p

The master storyteller at his best delivers a generous, thrilling new collection of stories featuring revelatory autobiographical comments on when, why and how he came to write each story.A generous collection of thrilling stories - some brand new, some published in magazines, all entirely brilliant and assembled in one book for the first time - with a wonderful bonus: in addition to his introduction to the whole collection, King gives readers a fascinating introduction to each story with autobiographical comments on their origins and motivation...The No. 1 bestselling writer has dazzled readers with his genius as a writer of novellas and short story fiction since his first collection NIGHT SHIFT was published. He describes the nature of the form in his introduction to the book: ''There''s something to be said for a shorter, more intense experience. It can be invigorating, sometimes even shocking, like...a beautiful curio for sale laid out on a cheap blanket at a street bazaar.''In THE BAZAAR OF BAD DREAMS there is a curio for every reader - a man who keeps reliving the same life, repeating the same mistakes over and over again, a columnist who kills people by writing their obituaries, a poignant tale about the end of the human race and a firework competition between neighbours which reaches an explosive climax. There are also intriguing connections between the stories; themes of morality, guilt, the afterlife and what we would do differently if we could see into the future or correct the mistakes of the past.Effervescent yet poignant, juxtaposing the everyday against the unexpected, these stories comprise one of King''s finest gifts to his constant reader as well as to those fascinated by the autobiographical insights in his celebrated non-fiction title ON WRITING.

Since "Nightshift," published thirty-five years ago, Stephen King has dazzled an entire generation of readers with his genius as a prominent writer of short fiction.Now in his latest collection, he once again assembles a generous array of unforgettable, tantalizing tales including those that, until recently, have never been published in a book (such as the story Cookie Jar, which is exclusive to this edition).There are thrilling connections between these works themes of mortality, the afterlife, guilt, and what we would do differently if we could see into the future or correct the mistakes of the past.

Attenti alla lama, avverte Stephen King introducendo una delle venti storie che sono raccolte ne IL BAZAR DEI BRUTTI SOGNI. E ha ragione. La lama e sempre presente, qualunque sia lo stile che Stephen Kingsceglie. Si tratti dell'antica zampata con cui si apre il libro, in Miglio 81(macchine assassine, avete presente?), o della struggente bellezza del racconto di chiusura, Tuono estivo (un post-apocalittico, come L'ombra dello scorpione, con un guizzo di rivolta...

Stephen King story featuring a sinister government agency, a fateful drug experiment, and a pigtailed girl named Charlie, who has an unimaginably terrifying gift.

A dark and electrifying novel about addiction, fanaticism, and what might exist on the other side of life.In a small New England town, over half a century ago, a shadow falls over a small boy playing with his toy soldiers. Jamie Morton looks up to see a striking man, the new minister. Charles Jacobs, along with his beautiful wife, will transform the local church. The men and boys are all a bit in love with Mrs. Jacobs; the women and girls feel the same about Reverend Jacobsincluding Jamies mother and beloved sister, Claire. With Jamie, the Reverend shares a deeper bond based on a secret obsession. When tragedy strikes the Jacobs family, this charismatic preacher curses God, mocks all religious belief, and is banished from the shocked town.Jamie has demons of his own. Wed to his guitar from the age of thirteen, he plays in bands across the country, living the nomadic lifestyle of bar-band rock and roll while fleeing from his familys horrific loss. In his mid-thirtiesaddicted to heroin, stranded, desperateJamie meets Charles Jacobs again, with profound consequences for both men. Their bond becomes a pact beyond even the Devils devising, and Jamie discovers that revival has many meanings.This rich and disturbing novel spans five decades on its way to the most terrifying conclusion Stephen King has ever written. Its a masterpiece from King, in the great American tradition of Frank Norris, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Edgar Allan Poe.

Civilization slipped into its second dark age on an unsurprising track of blood but with a speed that could not have been foreseen by even the most pessimistic futurist. By Halloween, every major city from New York to Moscow stank to the empty heavens and the world as it had been was a memory.'' The event became known as The Pulse. The virus was carried by every cell phone operating within the entire world. Within ten hours, most people would be dead or insane.A young artist Clayton Riddell realises what is happening. And together with Tom McCourt and a teenage girl called Alice, he flees the devastation of explosive, burning Boston, desperate to reach his son before his son switches on his little red mobile phone

Ranging across the whole spectrum of horror in popular culture and going back to the seminal classics of Count Dracula and Frankenstein, King describes his ideas on how horror works and how he brings

En prenant sa retraite, John Rothstein a plongé dans le désespoir les millions de lecteurs des aventures de Jimmy Gold. Rendu fou de rage par la disparition de son héros favori, Morris Bellamy assassine le vieil ecrivain pour semparer de sa fortune, mais surtout, de ses precieux carnets de notes. Le bonheur dans le crime ? Cest compter sans les mauvais tours du destin... et la perspicacite du detective Bill Hodges.Apres Misery, King renoue avec un de ses themes de predilection : lobsession dun fan. Dans ce formidable roman noir ou lon retrouve les protagonistes de Mr. Mercedes (prix Edgar 2015), il rend un superbe hommage au pouvoir de la fiction, capable de susciter chez le lecteur le meilleur... ou le pire.

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After a car crash, writer Paul Sheldon is saved by his number one fan, Annie Wilkes. She brings him home, splints his mangled legs, and all he has to do in return is write a very special book, one all about her favourite character. Because if he doesn't, if he is bad, she will be cross - very cross.