Mercedes). Brady’s been in a slobbering vegetative state for five years.Īfter putting his own spin on the detective genre in the first novel and last year’s sequel Finder Keepers, King breaks out his familiar gift for the otherworldly in End of Watch. Brady has developed some extraordinary abilities sitting in a hospital room for half a decade, finds pawns to control without lifting a finger, and turns them on Hodges and anyone else who’s done him wrong. Dubbed the Mercedes Killer after he mowed down a group of job-fair hopefuls, he was brained by Holly with a sock full of ball bearings before he could blow up an arena full of music-loving kids (see 2014’s Mr. Out to stop Brady one last time is retired cop Bill Hodges, a private eye who teamed with young partners Jerome and Holly to take down Hartsfield the first time. The hypnotic game is the final act of revenge for murderous Brady Hartsfield, who’s proven over three books to be one of the author’s creepiest weirdos this side of Pennywise and Jack Torrance. And now, gaming devices.Ī mind-numbing tablet app with cute colorful fish becomes a killer plot device in End of Watch (Scribner, 429 pp., **** out of four stars), the deliciously savory conclusion to King’s phenomenal hard-boiled Mr. Stephen King has a storied and sinister history of turning our beloved things against us, from cars to dogs.
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