If It Bleeds

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Published June 9, 2021 by Hodder Paperbacks.

ISBN:
978-1-5293-9157-2
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4 stars (22 reviews)

A collection of four uniquely wonderful long stories, including a stand-alone sequel to the No. 1 bestseller THE OUTSIDER.

News people have a saying: 'If it bleeds, it leads'. And a bomb at Albert Macready Middle School is guaranteed to lead any bulletin.

Holly Gibney of the Finders Keepers detective agency is working on the case of a missing dog - and on her own need to be more assertive - when she sees the footage on TV. But when she tunes in again, to the late-night report, she realises there is something not quite right about the correspondent who was first on the scene. So begins 'If It Bleeds', a stand-alone sequel to the No. 1 bestselling THE OUTSIDER featuring the incomparable Holly on her first solo case - and also the riveting title story in Stephen King's brilliant new collection.

Dancing alongside are three more wonderful long stories …

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5 stars

Although reading post apocalyptic fiction during COVID-19 might not be for everyone, I decided that it was time to finally read The Stand. (It is about a super flu bug that kills off most of the world's population.) However, this type is fiction is no stranger to me, and Stephen King writes very well. Some of the descriptions of events and feelings are not for the faint of heart, or the easily shocked.

The book took a while to read. The edition I read is the longer version. When the book was first published, something like 400 pages were removed. In this edition, they are returned. I do prefer unabridged things. The characters feel very real, and I did have trouble with that at first, because one does expect many people to die in a book like this. And many of them did. But they were worth knowing. I cried …

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