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The outsider : a novel / Stephen King.

Summary:

"An unspeakable crime. A confounding investigation. At a time when the King brand has never been stronger, he has delivered one of his most unsettling and compulsively readable stories. An eleven-year-old boy's violated corpse is found in a town park. Eyewitnesses and fingerprints point unmistakably to one of Flint City's most popular citizens. He is Terry Maitland, Little League coach, English teacher, husband, and father of two girls. Detective Ralph Anderson, whose son Maitland once coached, orders a quick and very public arrest. Maitland has an alibi, but Anderson and the district attorney soon add DNA evidence to go with the fingerprints and witnesses. Their case seems ironclad. As the investigation expands and horrifying answers begin to emerge, King's propulsive story kicks into high gear, generating strong tension and almost unbearable suspense. Terry Maitland seems like a nice guy, but is he wearing another face? When the answer comes, it will shock you as only Stephen King can"-- Provided by publisher.
An unspeakable crime. A confounding investigation ... An eleven-year-old boy's violated corpse is found in a town park. Eyewitnesses and fingerprints point unmistakably to one of Flint City's most popular citizens. He is Terry Maitland, Little League coach, English teacher, husband, and father of two girls. Detective Ralph Anderson, whose son Maitland once coached, orders a quick and very public arrest. The case seems ironclad, especially when Anderson and the district attorney are able to add DNA evidence to go with the fingerprints and witnesses. But Maitland has an alibi, and it turns out his story has incontrovertible evidence of its own. How can two opposing stories be true?

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781501180989
  • ISBN: 1501180983
  • ISBN: 9781501181009
  • Physical Description: 561 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First Scribner edition
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2018.

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
HL800L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.5 26 198309.
Subject:
Murder > Investigation > Oklahoma > Fiction.
English teachers > Fiction.
Children > Crimes against > Fiction.
Children.
Oklahoma > Fiction.
Genre:
Thrillers (Fiction)
Detective and mystery fiction.
Horror fiction.

Available copies

  • 65 of 86 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Rockingham County Public Library. (Show)

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  • 1 current hold with 86 total copies.
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