'The Outsider' by Stephen King

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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.

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.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36124936-the-outsider?from_search=true

[trev]

1. Excellent book.

I loved it.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

2. I would kind of like to read it,

but like so many of King's books it's probably at least a third longer than it needs to be. I see it clocks in at 561 pages.

The last things I've read of his were 11/22/63 and The Dome and while I liked them, they really were significantly longer than they needed to be and would have benefited enormously from editing.

[mainstreetonce]

3. Sounds good

That's for the review.