Holly

　　讀者最愛的史蒂芬．金小說角色，重磅回歸
 
　　熟悉史蒂芬．金作品的朋友，一定也曾和荷莉（Holly Gibney）一同走過，從《賓士先生》中那個害羞而獨來獨往（同時勇敢又有正義感）的女孩，當上了續作《Finders Keepers》比爾．霍吉斯的夥伴，接著在《局外人》中，化身為成熟而聰明的私家女偵探，這段蛻變的成長之旅。如今在本新作中，霍莉終於要獨自行動，來解開這個小鎮上的神秘連續失蹤案。
 
　　就在邦妮‧達爾失蹤地點沒幾個路口外，住著教授羅德尼和太太愛蜜莉。這兩位八十多歲的長者簡直是完美資產階級的典範：夫妻鶼鰈情深、半退休的學者。然而在他們這棟滿是書香氣、條理有序的屋子底，卻埋藏著不為人知的秘密，而且這秘密可能還跟邦妮的失蹤有所關聯……來到這個鎮上的荷莉，將使出她的所有能力，為讀者揭開令人難以置信的真相。(文／博客來外文館)

　　Holly 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.

　　"Sometimes the universe throws you a rope."—BILL HODGES

　　Stephen 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 Mr. Mercedes to Bill Hodges's partner in Finders Keepers to a full-fledged, smart, and occasionally tough private detective in The Outsider. In King's new novel, Holly is on her own, and up against a pair of unimaginably depraved and brilliantly disguised adversaries.

　　When 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.

　　Mere 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 harboring 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.

　　Holly must summon all her formidable talents to outthink and outmaneuver the shockingly twisted professors in this chilling new masterwork from Stephen King.

　　"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 KING