Finders Keepers

Well, it's King, so it's always going to be readable, but this is not one of his better books. I liked his previous crime novel, Mr. Mercedes (and I LOVED Joyland, which was published as if it was an old pulp book), but this one isn't as good. The plot is built on far too many coincidences, and the bad guy never really convinces. There's elements of his previous work in here - a little bit of Shawshank, a whole lot of Misery - which only goes to reinforce that this is less than his best.