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. 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 harbouring 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 outmanoeuvre the shockingly twisted professors in this chilling new masterwork from Stephen King.
Da Penny Dahl ringer Finders Keepers detektivbyrå og ber om hjelp til å finne den savnede datteren sin, har ikke Holly lyst til å akseptere saken. Partneren hennes, Pete, har covid. Den veldig kompliserte moren hennes døde nylig. Og Holly skal ikke egentlig jobbe. Men noe i Pennys desperate stemme gjør det umulig for Holly å si nei. Kun noen få kvartaler fra der Bonnie Dahl forsvant, bor professorene Rodney og Emily Harris. De er et gift par i åttiårene, trofaste til hverandre og semipensjonerte akademikere. Men de skjuler en mørk hemmelighet i kjelleren av det perfekt vedlikeholdte hjemmet sitt, og det kan henge sammen med Bonnies forsvinning. Og det vil bli nesten umulig å bevise hva de holder på med: De er erfare, de er tålmodige og de er nådeløse. Holly må bruke alle de mange talentene sine for å overliste professorene.
