End of Watch: A Novel The Bill Hodges Trilogy… THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The spectacular finale to the New York Times bestselling trilogy that began with Mr. Mercedes (winner of the Edgar Award) and Finders Keepers—In End of Watch, the diabolical “Mercedes Killer” drives his enemies to suicide, and if Bill Hodges and
THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
The spectacular finale to the New York Times bestselling trilogy that began with Mr. Mercedes (winner of the Edgar Award) and Finders Keepers—In End of Watch, the diabolical “Mercedes Killer” drives his enemies to suicide, and if Bill Hodges and Holly Gibney don’t figure out a way to stop him, they’ll be victims themselves.
In Room 217 of the Lakes Region Traumatic Brain Injury Clinic, something has awakened. Something evil. Brady Hartsfield, perpetrator of the Mercedes Massacre, where eight people were killed and many more were badly injured, has been in the clinic for five years, in a vegetative state.
According to his doctors, anything approaching a complete recovery is unlikely. But behind the drool and stare, Brady is awake, and in possession of deadly new powers that allow him to wreak unimaginable havoc without ever leaving his hospital room.
Retired police detective Bill Hodges, the unlikely hero of Mr. Mercedes and Finders Keepers, now runs an investigation agency with his partner, Holly Gibney—the woman who delivered the blow to Hartsfield’s head that put him on the brain injury ward.
When Bill and Holly are called to a suicide scene with ties to the Mercedes Massacre, they find themselves pulled into their most dangerous case yet, one that will put their lives at risk, as well as those of Bill’s heroic young friend Jerome Robinson and his teenage sister, Barbara. Brady Hartsfield is back, and planning revenge not just on Hodges and his friends, but on an entire city.
In End of Watch, Stephen King brings the Hodges trilogy to a sublimely terrifying conclusion, combining the detective fiction of Mr. Mercedes and Finders Keepers with the heart-pounding, supernatural suspense that has been his bestselling trademark.
The result is an unnerving look at human vulnerability and chilling suspense. No one does it better than King.An Amazon Best Book of June 2016: It has been seven years since the Mercedes Killer, Brady Hartsfield, was knocked on the head and put into a catatonic state.
But now he’s awake, even if people haven’t quite been clued into that fact, and he’s got a score to settle. His ultimate quarry is the detective Bill Hodges, and as Brady gains his faculties—as well as some new paranormal skills (telekinesis anyone?)—people start committing suicide at a mysterious and alarming rate.
King hits his sweet spot in this final episode of the Bill Hodges Trilogy, introducing his talent for horror into a storyline that already has featured some great detective writing. The result is a book that mixes revenge, crime, and otherworldly powers, bringing the trilogy to a thrilling, satisfying close. –Chris Schluep, The Amazon Book Review
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The Best In The Whole Trilogy,,,,, Z-Boy Is Back. Author , Stephen King finally brings his riveting Trilogy, that I loved the best out of all three to an end. With “End Of Watch” he mixes the story up with a combination of continued, true crime and the horrific, supernatural he’s known to create well. The novel was a riveting , suspenseful , fast paced read that I could not put down. Time for someone, who I had grown attached too , is literally running out. ( So, I think I was reading just as fast, as the character was trying to bring the murderous, psycho to justice) I found the way the book is told very descriptively, right from the beginning , even more then the opening sequence to “Mr. Mercedes “, will bring all new readers up to date instantly. This makes it an easy stand alone book. All my favorite, relatable, quirky character’s return one last time to help Bill Hodges defeat is “Evil Nemesis” . Now the continued “Cat and Mouse” game is on. With one elaborate, hypnotic scheme, revenge, mass…
I was very disappointed – I was waiting for this book and really … I was very disappointed – I was waiting for this book and really wanted to like it, but I just couldn’t. I had a difficult time getting through it for many reasons:- the characters, so well-defined and developed in Mr. Mercedes, were flat and predictable. Bill Hodges turned into Sherlock Holme-ish character, predicting absolutely outlandish twists with ease.- the motivation of the main villain is very far-fetched. It felt that King needed to finish the book and went through the motions.- previous plot turns, explored in Mr. Mercedes, which drove Hodges’ need to catch Brady, were completely ignored. Janey, who was a pivotal character in the first book and played an important role in both Hodges’ and Holly’s lives, wasn’t mentioned once.- The health scare running through the book like a thin red line is totally predictable and boring.If I had to choose one word to describe this book it would be “BORING”. Regretting my purchase.
A very different book from the first two, and a bit weaker, but still a great read NOTE: It’s hard to get into my feelings about End of Watch without describing the basic premise of the book, which, in turn, is going to spoil some details from the first two books in the Bill Hodges/Mr. Mercedes trilogy. So, if you haven’t read those, just know that I liked End of Watch quite a bit, but I think it’s not as good as either of the first two books in the series. If you have read the first two books, feel free to read on. I won’t spoil anything from End of Watch beyond the basic premise.