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Dreamcatcher Bag of Bones The Green Mile The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass Rose Madder

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Paperback - NEL (2002)

Dreamcatcher
Suspenseful, frightening, sometimes howlingly funny, Dreamcatcher is a powerful masterpiece from Stephen King, his first full-length novel in three years.
In Derry, Maine, four young boys once stood together and did a brave thing. Something that changed them in ways they hardly understand.
A quarter of a century later, the boys are men who have gone their separate ways. Though they still get together once a year, to go hunting in the north woods of Maine. But this time is different. This time a man comes stumbling into their camp, lost, disoriented and muttering about lights in the sky.
Before long, these old friends will be plunged into the most remarkable events of their lives as they struggle with a terrible creature from another world. Their only chance of survival is locked in their shared past - and in the Dreamcatcher.
The film rights for Dreamcatcher have been sold to Castlerock, producers of Stand By Me, Misery, The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile.
`King retains his crown’ Guardian
`Nobody does it better’ Daily Telegraph
`Dreamcatcher is yet another masterpiece from Stephen King . . . Not only does he write better than anyone else in this genre, he also produces a narrative that never loosens its grip’ Evening Standard
`A slice of classic King . . . The characters here have a rare vitality and depth . . . anyone who loves King’s earlier work will love Dreamcatcher. And anyone seduced by the more literary King of The Green Mile or Hearts in Atlantis may be surprised by the extraordinary and enduring fertility of his talent’ Mail on Sunday
`King has inspired a whole generation to read. He’s made them read good, witty prose . . . a fabulous teller of stories who can create an entire new world and make the reader live in it . . . Dreamcatcher must be one of his best . . . the plot and its interconnections are beautifully tailored . . . difficult to forget’ Express
`He manages the mechanics of thrill, horror, surprise and climax expertly. King-readers will be wholly satisfied by Dreamcatcher’ The Sunday Times

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First British Edition Hodder & Stoughton (1998)

Bag of Bones
Derry, Maine. Mike Noonan’s wife dies unexpectedly. After this tragic loss, the bestselling writer suffers acute writer’s block, unable even to face the blank screen of the word processor without being shaken by nausea and panic.
Then the nightmares and the voices start . . . nightmares of Sara Laughs, their beautiful lakeside retreat. Still Mike is drawn inexorably to their once happy home; drawn to his old typewriter and the urge to write again.
But the once familiar Western Maine town has changed. It’s now in the tyrannical grip of millionaire Max Devore and his terrifying skeletal bookkeeper. Devore is determined to obtain custody of three-year-old Kyra, his deceased son’s child, and is twisting the community to his purpose.
When the girl and her young mother turn to Mike for help, he finds himself powerless to resist them. But there are other more sinister forces at Sara Laughs determined to stand in their way...
Bag of Bones is a gripping, distinctive, haunting tale of suspense, romance, terror and grief, of lost love’s enduring bonds and of a new love, struggling to be free of the past and the sins of the ancestors.
‘Accomplished ...unputdownable...his mesmerising best’ Observer
`Splendid entertainment’ Frances Fyfield, Express

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First British Edition Hodder & Stoughton (1998)

The Green Mile
A Novel in Six Parts
At Cold Mountain Penitentiary, along the lonely stretch of cells known as the Green Mile, killers such as `Billy the Kid’ Wharton and the possessed Eduard Delacroix await death strapped in `Old Sparky’. Guards as decent as Paul Edgecombe and as sadistic as Percy Wetmore watch over them.
But good or evil - innocent or guilty, none has ever seen the brutal likes of the new prisoner, John Coffey, sentenced to death for raping and murdering two young girls. Is Coffey a devil in human form? Or is he a far, far different kind of being?
There are more wonders in heaven and hell than anyone at Gold Mountain can imagine. In The Green Mile, Stephen King builds the tension page by page and then delivers a revelation that will truly blow your mind.
When The Green Mile was first published in monthly installments it was an international publishing phenomenon, with millions of readers around the world anxiously awaiting each new episode. Now, for the first time, the complete serial novel is published in a single volume to let you enjoy Stephen King’s masterpiece uninterrupted, from gripping opening to shattering climax.
‘King’s best in years’ Entertainment Weekly

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Paperback - NEL (2003)

The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass
See Review by Jay Russell - one of the greatest talents the horror industry has produced for some time… (Black Tears)
With an new introduction by the author
Join the quest for the elusive Dark Tower
Wizard And Glass
The Dark Tower beckons Roland, the Last Gunslinger, and the four companions he has gathered along the road. In a terrifying journey where hidden dangers lie at every junction - a malevolent runaway train, Roland’s staunch enemy and the temptation of the wizard’s diabolical glass ball - they narrowly escape one world and slip into the next.
It is here that Roland tells them a long-ago tale of love and adventure involving a beautiful woman named Susan Delgado.
With driving narrative force and exciting plot twists, Wizard and Glass will leave readers clamouring for the next chapter.
And the Tower is closer..
Set in a world of extraordinary circumstances, filled with stunning visual imagery and unforgettable characters, The Dark Tower series is Stephen King’s most visionary piece of storytelling that may well be his crowning achievement.

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First British Edition Hodder & Stoughton (1995)

Hardback Collins Crime (1995)

Rose Madder
Roused by a single drop of blood on the bedsheet, Rosie Daniels wakes up from fourteen years of a nightmare marriage to the chilling realisation that one of these days her husband, Norman, is going to kill her. Or worse still, he isn’t.
Taking her husband’s credit card, Rosie suddenly takes flight, determined to lose herself in a place where Norman won’t find her. She’ll worry about the rest later.
Alone in a strange city, Rosie slowly begins to build a new life, gaining confidence with each step. Good things start to happen: meeting Bill Steiner is one; and finding an odd junk shop painting is another. It may be bad art but it’s perfect for her new apartment. Moreover, the oddly old-fashioned oil strangely seems to want her as much as she wants it. The fact that the name ‘Rose Madder’ is inscribed on the back of the canvas surely proves that it is meant to be hers. And is destined to change her life - perhaps in more ways than she can ever imagine.
But it’s hard for Rosie not to keep looking over her shoulder. Rose-maddened and on the rampage, Norman is a corrupt cop, seductive and brutal, with a dog’s instinct for tracking people. And he’s getting close. Rosie can feel just how close he’s getting . . .
A brilliant dark-hued fable of the gender wars, a haunting love story, and a hold-your-breath-until-you-gasp triumph of suspense, Rose Madder is Stephen King at his electrifying best.

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