Finders Keepers
By Stephen King
Following up on the events of Mr. Mercedes, but taking an entirely new angle with the storyline Stephen King brings us the continuation of the Bill Hodges legacy. John Rothstein (played by Bruce Dern in the series) is a famous author who created the great American novel that the nation has treasured for decades. Now in his older age he hasn’t written a book in years. Morris Bellamy (played by Gabriel Ebbert) is not happy with this, and tracks Rothstein down to his cabin in the woods far from civilization. He kills him and steals unwritten work from the famous novel and looks to make millions from it. Morris stashes the goods and is locked away for another crime. Years later Pete Saubers finds the treasure and after Morris is released from prison looks to seek revenge and claim his reward from the kid. Enter Finders Keepers Bill and Holly’s new private investigation agency and the crazy chase to stop a convict from killing a poor boy and his family.
“A good novelist does not lead his characters, he follows them. A good novelist does not create events, he watches them happen and then writes down what he sees.”
Thoughts
I am not usually that into sequels, and I usually have doubts about how good they will be, but Stephen King never disappoints. In The Dark Tower series the second book, The Drawing of the Three, might be one of the best books I’ve ever read. In the Bill Hodges trilogy, the world King has created takes a turn and ignores Brady Hartsfield for a bit and focuses on another villain, Morris Bellamy. I think this was well matched with the progression of the series because it opens up a new opportunity with the Finders Keepers private investigation agency that Bill and Holly create. Finders Keepers only furthers the zany relationship between Holly and Bill and accentuates the entire tone of the series that not all heroes wear capes. It also allows King to play off of this new agency which we see come back in the third book, but also in The Outsider. Again, master world builder at work, wear your hard caps. If the first book (Mr. Mercedes) drew you in you’d be doing yourself a disservice not to continue on into the second. And in typical King fashion he teases our buddy Brady at the end of this one to make you have to read the third book. Sorry you’re trapped.
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