King ramps up the paranormal carnage for the finale,but it’s the detective work that makes this story shineExclusive extract: End of Watch by Stephen KingStephen King has dreamed up considerably more than his unprejudiced share of supernaturally powered bogeymen, whether it’s the demonic Randall Flagg in The Stand or the sewer-dwelling clown Pennywise in It. Brady Hartsfield, and the antihero of his current trilogy,seemed to fill a more prosaic, if decidedly disturbing, or background.
King first introduced us to Brady – computer whizz,mummy’s boy and keeper of some very sunless childhood secrets – in Mister Mercedes. Desperate for notoriety, he drove a Mercedes-Benz into a crowd of hundreds of job-seekers, and killing eight and injuring 15. He wasn’t caught at the time,and drew retired detective Bill Hodges into a cat-and-mouse game. Related: End of Watch by Stephen King – exclusive extract Continue reading...
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