Book Review – The Outsider by Stephen King

When the beloved hometown baseball coach is arrested in the middle of the big game for the horrific murder and mutilation of a child, the police are sure they’ve got their man. The evidence is overwhelmingly against him including fingerprints and DNA all over the crime scene. They are rock solid in their certainty until it turns out the evidence is equally overwhelming that the coach was over seventy miles away at a very public event at the time of the murder leaving them to wonder, how can the same man be in two places at once?

King has hit a home run in this page turner that I ripped through in a matter of days. The characters are compelling and he pulls in a favorite from the Mr. Mercedes series for an extended stay in the story. The only downfall was the ending which I thought was a bit formulaic for him. I won’t give it away, but if you’ve read King’s works, I think you’ll recognize the locale from a few other books. Still, this is a definite must read for King fans or anyone wanting to dip their toes in his supernatural yarns.