An eleven-year-old boy?s violated corpse is found in a town park. At a time when the King brand has never been stronger, he has delivered one of his most unsettling and compulsively readable stories.

Terry Matiland seems like a nice buy, but is he wearing another face? When the answer comes, it will shock as only Stephen King can. How can two opposing stories be true? What happens to a family when an accusation of this magnitude is delivered? When must reason or rationality be abandoned in order to explain the inexplicable? 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. But Maitland has an alibi, and it turns out his story has incontrovertible evidence of its own. The case seems ironclad, especially when Anderson and the district attorney are able to add DNA evidence to go with the fingerprints and witnesses. Detective Ralph Anderson, whose son Maitland once coached, orders a quick and very public arrest. He is Tarry Maitland, Little League coach, English teacher, husband, and father of two girls. Eyewitnesses and fingerprints point unmistakably to one of Flint City's most popular citizens. An eleven-year-old boy's violated corpse is found in a town park. In The Outsider, Stephen King delivers one of his most unsettling and compulsively readable stories. 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.'. 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. Maitland has an alibi, but Anderson and the district attorney soon add DNA evidence to go with the fingerprints and witnesses.

He is Terry Maitland, Little League coach, English teacher, husband, and father of two girls. Eyewitnesses and fingerprints point unmistakably to one of Flint City s most popular citizens.

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