Finders Keepers: A Novel

As much as I enjoyed Mr. Mercedes - and I did, quite a bit - I still wasn't entirely sure about the fact that King wanted to write a trilogy about detective Bill Hodges. Part of the appeal to Mr. Mercedes was the treat of seeing King take on something new for him; between the fear of being a retread and the way Mercedes's cliffhanger suggested the sequel would go, I just wasn't all that excited about the idea of two more books. But Finders Keepers allays those fears and then some, finding King moving to a very different kind of crime novel while still using all of his various strengths to tell a great story with some compelling undercurrents. Finders Keepers kicks off with a 1970's-set home invasion at the home of a reclusive author who once one heralded as the voice of a generation, and although the robbers steal plenty of money, it's evident that the unpublished manuscripts - and the way they might change the author's reputation and the fate of his most famous creation - are going to be the key to this whole story. How Hodges fits into it doesn't come until much later, by which point King has a half-dozen plates spinning, somehow keeping them all afloat without dropping a one. And when, to mix a metaphor, he starts pulling all of these plot threads together, Finders Keepers takes off like a rocket without ever slowing down again. From a plot perspective, Finders Keepers is pretty straightforward; while Mr. Mercedes was a psychological duel between two men, Finders Keepers is a more streamlined crime novel about a heist, the loot, and everyone who wants it for themselves. The fact, though, that the loot may be less financial and more intellectual is one of the things that makes Finders Keepers so engaging, especially for any book lover who might find themselves identifying more than they'd like to admit with the book's villain. It's a really richly satisfying and truly exciting read, one that sinks its hooks in quickly and then drags you along without ever really giving you a chance to catch your breath - and that's part of what makes it such a good read. Apart from that, there's King's usual knack for character work (particularly with regard to the Saubers family in general, and Pete specifically, without whom the book wouldn't work at all), his engaging prose, and that thematic richness as he explores the idea of who books and characters really belong to. Yes, the book's final pages give me pause as I start to get an idea where the third book in the trilogy will go (and the reported title seems to confirm those suspicions)...and yet, I can't deny that Bill Hodges seems to have lit a fire with King, delivering a pair of great reads. So why worry too much about the third just yet - especially when there's as great of a read as Finders Keepers to enjoy first?

Finders a Keepers is the second book in a planned trilogy that began with Mr. Mercedes. And it reads as though it is a second filler as for me, this novel can best be described as a "filler." Mr. Mercedes, which won the Edgar Award for best crime fiction, won deservedly so. It is an excellent crime thriller displaying the best of Mr. King's talent. What I would have liked To have seen I n Finders Keepers is Mr. King furthering the character developments of his characters that were in Mr. Mercedes. Unfortunately, the characters of Hodges, Holly and Jerome do not appear in well over 200 pages of the book and we learn very little about them from the last 4 years that Mr. Mercedes took place. Instead, Mr. King takes one of the characters from Mr. Mercedes who was injured in the car crash incident and makes his son one of the main characters of the book. The villain this time is a book reader obsessed with an author and what he has done with his main character..... In a similar vain as Misery. As a book collector and avid reader, I did find the story of book collecting and the treatise of authors such as Hemingway, Roth, and Bellow interesting. Mr. King has a keen insight on the reclusive nature of these authors and how they write about their characters. It just was not enough for me to quickly want to turn the pages. The obsession of the villain in obtaining the stolen manuscripts he steals of the authors unpublished novels after he kills him is, in my opinion, a bit overdrawn and too long. As is the father's son( the father introduced in Mr. Mercedes) who becomes the catalyst in the lost manuscripts from the deceased author. I will not explain more as to not spoil the contents of this novel. The last 100 pages are engrossing. Pages turn quickly as the players found in Mr. Mercedes come into play in solving the case. Here, we learn a bit more about them but not enough. I wish Mr. King would have continued in the excellent crime novel format as Mr. Mercedes. With that being said, I would not dream of not reading anything Mr. King writes.... He is a brilliant author. I just hope the third novel in the trilogy goes into more detail on the three main characters in Mr. Mercedes and that he returns to a more conventional crime drama novel. This novel is a worthy read, but I would recommend reading Mr. Mercedes first.

This book was like a weird what if scenario that ties into this intriguing & in depth story that King created with these characters. Feels like John Rothstein is King in another universe that this premise is based on and honestly I wouldn't want to live in that universe or have someone else go through life without their favorite author. These characters go through that scenario & it unfolds exactly like you would expect but King layed it out in a brilliant way! Morris Bellamy is your modern day Gollum in this second entry Masterpiece! He even goes out similar to Gollum (sorry spoilers). Oh, Brady definitely has the shine after getting clobbered in the head in the first book and I cannot wait to dive into the third book in this series. I didn't know what to expect with this book and I think that is the best way to approach it, once you start you cannot stop reading! Get ready, get comfortable and let King do his thing because this is a great book that's entertaining from start to finish!

I loved Mr Mercedes and read it in record time. I was excited to read the next book in the series. I am almost 100 pages in and am waiting for something to come together. The story line is so slow that I am not sure if I can finish it. I have been a Stephen King fan since Salems Lot and The Shining. I don't know if he was rushed by his publisher or what, but it's not like his normal page turner. I will try to finish it if I can. I am glad to see similar comments and know it isn't just me. Well I hung in there and it was just a slow start. My apologies to Mr King. If you are feeling the slow start, wait for it! It all came together and ended up being a page turner. I immediately started the next book in the series.

Book is brand new, looks great

fait partie d'une très bonne mini-série de 3 livres, qui peuvent se lire séparément. Mais c'est toujours mieux dans l'ordre : mr Mercedes, finders keepers, End of Watch.

字が小さいのが不便だが、内容は期待を裏切らない。

Having recently read Mr. Mercedes (which I thoroughly enjoyed) and given that my own name is a combination of two of its characters names: ‘Bill Hodges’ & ‘Brady Hartsfield’ I just had to read this sequel; book 2 of the Hodges/Gibney trilogy. I really enjoyed this; and much more that its predecessor Mr. Mercedes. In part because it deals with book lovers - both authors and readers and that thread runs throughout. It begins with the murder of the great reclusive American novelist John Rothstein and the robbery of his multitudinous unpublished notebooks of his character: ‘Jimmy Gold’; together with a significant sum of unbanked money. Enter Morris Bellamy; a man obsessed with with Rothsteins’s work and in particular his character Jimmy Gold. Its 1978 when the story begins with the murder and robbery of Rothstein by Bellamy and his two cohorts; both of whom are mercilessly disposed of by Bellamy in the early aftermath. Morris is not a nice guy… Fast forward to 2009 and meet the Sauber family: Tom & Linda and their two children Peter & Tina. In 2009 the world economy is in serious decline as a result of the recession; and the breadwinner of the family: Tom becomes one of the victims of the Mr. Mercedes murderous rampage suffering serious, and long lasting, injury to his legs. As a consequence of all this there are frequent rows/disagreements between the parents given their straitened means! These arguments are overheard by the the children who are, unintentionally, caused some distress. Pete/Peter will, unbeknownst to him ,become central to the story that unfolds… In the thirty plus year difference between 1978 and the 2000’s many events occur in the lives of both Morris Bellamy & Pete Sauber and their lives collide: the home of the Sauber family was once the home of Bellamy! Bellamy had hidden his ill-gotten gains close to his then home all those years ago. As chance would have it serendipity intervenes and those ill-gotten gains of Bellamy are discovered by Pete Sauber; for whom they are as Manna from Heaven… Anther coincidence is that both Bellamy & Pete are book lovers, and admirers, of John Rothstein and his character Jimmy Gold… I’m sure you get the picture: Bellamy, given his his character ends up imprisoned for life and Pete rescues his family from penury by gradually doling out his ‘found’ money to his parents over some years. They don’t know from whence it has come, but ‘needs must’… But, given that ‘nothing stays the same’ Bellamy is unexpectedly released from prison and comes looking for his ‘buried treasure’… Enter Hodges & Gibney! As a director would call: ‘Action’! A great read; compelling from start to finish; I look forward to the third in the trilogy ‘End Of Watch’. Highly recommended. Bill Brady

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