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A compelling and chilling suspense novel, which will delight all readers of King's bestselling Hodges Trilogy.

Following the phenomenal success of his Bill Hodges series, MR MERCEDES, FINDERS KEEPERS and END OF WATCH, all Number 1 bestsellers, Stephen King has written an unputdownable crime thriller with a unique twist.

When an eleven-year-old boy is found murdered, forensic evidence and reliable eyewitnesses undeniably point to the town's popular Little League coach. But the jailed suspect, arrested in a public spectacle, has an alibi, and further research convinces Detective Ralph Anderson that the coach was indeed out of town. So how can he have been in two places at the same time?

A compelling and chilling suspense novel, which will delight all readers of King's bestselling Hodges Trilogy.

(P)2018 Simon & Schuster Audio

Critics Review

The Outsider gives King fans exactly what they want at the same time as cramming in new ideas, proving the least surprising thing of all: that his novels are as strong as they ever were
Guardian
A crime masterpiece that has you gripped throughout
Dublin Evening Echo
Nerve-shreddingly brilliant
Daily Express
If you read only one thriller this summer, make it this one
Daily Mail
King's blend of supernatural crime makes for a taut, clever read that will keep you guessing until the end
The Sun
This police procedural morphs into a gripping, chilling supernatural thriller
Daily Record
King is arguably as much an American icon as the '68 Fastback or a classic red and white Plymouth Fury. All of these glories are on full display in his latest mystery-horror hybrid...you're in for one hell of a ride'
The Washington Post
King pulls back the layers of the everyday to show just how dangerous and threatening the ordinary world we live in case be
Independent
Compulsive entertainment
Mail on Sunday
So shout it from the rooftops: This new take on the old conundrum of how a man can be in two places at once is sensationally good
Sunday Express
The Outsider is a crime masterpiece
Belfast Telegraph
This is one of those books where you find yourself rationing the number of pages you read each night to eke it out. A very good read indeed
The Afterword.co.uk
Mixing up genres and multiplying the surprises, The Outsider did keep me in suspense and I think that it is a really great King!
Club.StephenKing
This chilling novel starts as a police procedural before morphing into the sort of supernatural thriller King is best known for . . . there is violence simmering below the surface of this tightly plotted yarn.
Daily Mirror

User Reviews

Book 5.0
Narration 5.0
5.0
5.0
Fabulous page turner from Mr King, as always. Will Patton turns this into theatre. He's my absolute favourite American narrator and I'd listen to almost anything narrated by him.
Excellent few hours of entertainment!
GardensofPaper 14/09/2024
5.0
5.0
Will Patton does an admirable job narrating another Stephen King book.
It was a great listen from start to end.
Hojohns 13/10/2023

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