Trisha only veered a little way off the trail, but straight into the hands of another presence in the woods...
Wake up the new reader and shake up the existing reader - between Spring 2021 and Autumn 2024 Hodder is reissuing groups of Stephen King's books in a wonderful new livery. THE GIRL WHO LOVED TOM GORDON is a THRILLING SUSPENSE novel, that 'you dare not put down' (Daily Mail).
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Trisha only veered a little way off the trail, but straight into the hands of another presence in the woods...
Wake up the new reader and shake up the existing reader - between Spring 2021 and Autumn 2024 Hodder is reissuing groups of Stephen King's books in a wonderful new livery. THE GIRL WHO LOVED TOM GORDON is a THRILLING SUSPENSE novel, that 'you dare not put down' (Daily Mail).
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'The world has teeth and it could bite you with them anytime it wanted. Trisha McFarland discovered this when she was nine years old. Lost in the woods.'
Trisha has only veered a little way off the trail. But in her panic to get back to the path, Trisha takes a turning that leads into the tangled undergrowth. Deeper and deeper in the terrifying woods.At first it's just the bugs, midges and mosquitoes. Then comes the hunger. For comfort she tunes her Walkman into broadcasts of the Red Sox baseball games and the performances of her hero Tom Gordon.As darkness begins to fall, Trisha realises that she is not alone. There's something else in the woods - watching. Waiting . . . .Critic Reviews
“'Vintage King . . . the quality of the prose is consistently impressive and his trump card is his ability to arouse empathy for the plight of his young heroine'”
King - the master of his craft. - Sydney Morning Herald
It is fair to say Stephen King is a thriller writer who regularly takes his readers beyond the realms of anything they've read. - The Daily Telegraph Only a handful of authors regularly enter the New York Times bestseller list at No. 1, and King is one of them. - The Sunday Telegraph The horror specialist. - Herald Sun [Stephen King s] a genius at capturing the small-town American psyche and his characters, good, bad and insane always command the attention. - Good Reading'A compelling battle for survival that you dare not put down' - Daily Mail'Utterly compulsive, bears ample witness to King's mastery of his craft' - Mail on Sunday'Moving, gripping. One of his best . . . A literary home run.' - MirrorAbout the Author
Stephen King has been described by the Guardian as 'one of the greatest storytellers of our time', by the Mirror as a 'genius' and by The Sunday Times as 'one of the most fertile storytellers of the modern novel.' In 2003, he was given the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives with his wife, the novelist Tabitha King, for most of the year in Maine, USA.
'The world has teeth and it could bite you with them anytime it wanted. Trisha McFarland discovered this when she was nine years old. Lost in the woods.' Trisha has only veered a little way off the trail. But in her panic to get back to the path, Trisha takes a turning that leads into the tangled undergrowth. Deeper and deeper in the terrifying woods.At first it's just the bugs, midges and mosquitoes. Then comes the hunger. For comfort she tunes her Walkman into broadcasts of the Red Sox baseball games and the performances of her hero Tom Gordon.As darkness begins to fall, Trisha realises that she is not alone. There's something else in the woods - watching. Waiting . . . .
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