King is a great story teller. And this is another great story.

More of a crime book than horror story.

Holly (2023) by Stephen King … follows Holly Gibney, who made her first appearance in Mr. Mercedes (2014).

She also appeared in Finders Keepers (2015) and End of Watch (2016),  and later was a major supporting character in The Outsider.

She was also the central character in If It Bleeds, a novella in the 2020 collection of the same name.

In July 2021 amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, private investigator Holly Gibney mourns the death of her mother, with whom she had a complicated and strained relationship.

Despite taking a break from work, Holly is contacted by Penelope Dahl, whose daughter Bonnie disappeared earlier that month. Holly is intrigued by Penelope’s message and agrees to work on the case. …

Holly is a damaged and flawed individual. BUT you can’t help cheering for her.

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Stephen King is one of the most popular critics of Trump online.

In this book, Holly’s mom dies of covid. She had been a rapid MAGA ReTrumplican.

You can criticize the amount of anti-MAGA sentiment in this book. You could call it preachy.

I’m OK with it myself, as I agree with King that Trump is the worst thing that’s happened to the USA in a long, long time.

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