If It Bleeds

Four novellas give Stephen King room for stories longer than a short but tighter than a novel. If It Bleeds opens with Mr Harrigan's Phone, about a boy, an elderly benefactor and a smartphone that keeps working; moves through The Life of Chuck and the title novella, which returns the investigator Holly Gibney to a case involving a television reporter; and closes with Rat, about a writer alone in a cabin. The four pieces share King's ear for ordinary speech and his interest in what people do once certainty gives way. What the volume holds: • Four novellas: The Life of Chuck, Rat, If It Bleeds and Mr Harrigan's Phone • Holly Gibney returns as the investigator in the title story • Mid-length form allowing fuller characters than short stories • Blends supernatural horror with mystery and quiet drama For readers of horror and suspense fiction, this Hodder Books edition is available at Boipoka.