Billy Summers

A dazzlingly shapeshifting novel that, like its antihero, only pretends to be easy to pigeonhole. Disciplined but adventurous, equally good at action scenes and in-depth psychology - The Sunday Times

A thriller with a surprisingly heartfelt and redemptive ending, Billy Summers is a compelling and engrossing read - Sunday Express

King's killer instinct hits the mark again... Without abandoning his blood-chilling propensities, he has transformed himself into one of the most adroit and accomplished crime writers in the US. King has negotiated the shifting of gears with the kind of panache that befits the "ultimate storyteller" (for once, publisher hyperbole is justified). - The I

His best book in years . . . He may always be considered a horror novelist, but King is doing the best work of his later career when the ghosts are packed away and the monsters are all too human - Guardian

Storytelling genius - Telegraph

Adventurously shape-shifting yet always disciplined, it's a dazzling return to form - The Sunday Times

Devoured it ... it's such a page-turner - Radio Times

It's a novel with a heart-stopping, heartfelt conclusion - Daily Express, Books of the Year