Billy Summers

Book Details

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Author(s):

Stephen King

First Pub:

2021

Genre(s):

Horror; Mystery; Thriller

First Read:

Unknown

Times Read:

Never (or unknown...)

Rating:

Internal ID:

14148

Series:

No series

Dedication:

Thinking of Raymond and Sarah Jane Spruce

First Sentence:

Billy Summers sits in the hotel lobby, waiting for his ride.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

She is found.

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Added: 07-Oct-2024

Last Updated: 07-Oct-2024

03-Aug-2021

Simon & Schuster

Book on CD

Date Issued:

Cir 03-Aug-2021

Format:

Book on CD

Cover Price:

$49.99

Length:

16 hrs 57 min (527 pages)

Cover Link(s):

amazon.com

Internal ID:

43761

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster

ISBN:

1-797-12269-X

ISBN-13:

978-1-797-12269-4

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Paul Sparks - Narration

From master storyteller and #1 bestseller Stephen King, whose
"restless imagination is a power that cannot be contained"
(The New York Times Book Review), comes a thrilling new novel
about a guy with a streak of good - in a bad job.

Billy Summers is a man in a room with a gun. He's a killer for hire and the best in the business. But he'll do the job only if the target is a truly bad guy. And now Billy wants out. First there is one last hit. Billy is among the best snipers in the world, a decorated Iraq war vet, a Houdini when it comes to vanishing after the job is done. So what could possibly go wrong?

How about everything.

This spectacularly riveting novel is part war story, part love letter to small-town America and the people who live there, and it features one of the most compelling and surprising duos in King fiction, who set out to avenge the crimes of an extraordinarily evil man. Billy Summers is about love, luck, fate, and a complex hero with one last shot at redemption.

You won't put this story down, and you won't forget Billy.

STEPHEN KING is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes If It Bleeds, The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: End of Watch, Finders Keepers, and Mr. Mercedes (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and now a television series steaming on Peacock). His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by the New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller. The Dark Tower, It, Pet Sematary, and Doctor Sleep are the basis for major motion pictures, with It now the highest-grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipient of the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National EAN Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.

PAUL SPARKS is known for his work on acclaimed television series House of Cards, Castle Rock, and...

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03-Aug-2021
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Author(s)

Stephen King
Birth: 21 Sep 1947 Portland, Maine, USA

Notes:

Stephen Edwin King was born on September 21, 1947 in Portland Maine. His parents were Donald Edwin and Ruth Pillsbury King. Stephen King's father, Donald, went out for cigarettes and never came back. In January 1959 Stephen King and David King, his brother, began publishing their own newspaper named Dave's Rag.

Stephen King went to Lisbon High School in 1962. In 1963 they he and a friend, Chris Chesley, published a 18 short stories called People, Places, and Things - Volume I. Stephen King graduated from high school in 1966 and took a went on to the University of Maine. During his first year at college he finished his first novel entitled The Long Walk. He submitted the novel for publication but it was rejected.

Stephen King sold his first story The Glass Floor for $35.00. Stephen King graduated from the University of Maine in June 1970 with a BA in English. On January 2, 1971, Tabitha Jane Spruce and Stephen King were married. later that same year Stephen King began teaching at Hampden Academy.

In January 1973, Stephen King submitted Carrie to Doubleday and in March, they bought the book. Stephen King has had numerous short stories and novels published. His books have been translated into 33 different languages and have been published in over 35 different countries. He lives in Bangor, Maine with his wife Tabitha.

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