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Never Flinch by Stephen King

The blurb:

When the Buckeye City Police Department receives a disturbing letter from a person threatening to 'kill thirteen innocents and one guilty' in 'an act of atonement for the needless death of an innocent man,' Detective Izzy Jaynes has no idea what to think. Are fourteen citizens about to be slaughtered in an unhinged act of retribution? As the investigation unfolds, Izzy realizes that the letter writer is deadly serious, and she turns to her friend Holly Gibney for help.

Meanwhile, controversial and outspoken women's rights activist Kate McKay is embarking on a multi-state lecture tour, drawing packed venues of both fans and detractors. Someone who vehemently opposes Kate's message of female empowerment is targeting her and disrupting her events. At first, no one is hurt, but the stalker is growing bolder, and Holly is hired to be Kate's bodyguard — a challenging task with a headstrong employer and a determined adversary driven by wrath and his belief in his own righteousness.

Featuring a riveting cast of characters both old and new, including world-famous gospel singer Sista Bessie and an unforgettable villain addicted to murder, these twinned narratives converge in a chilling and spectacular conclusion — a feat of storytelling only Stephen King could pull off.

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What I've read

• Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett (review to come)
• Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett (review to come)
• The Truth by Terry Pratchett (review to come)
• Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams
• Dead Lions by Mick Herron
• The Memory Librarian by Janelle Monáe with Danny Lore, Yohanca Delgado, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Sheree Renée Thomas, Eve L Ewing
• Snuff by Terry Pratchett
• A Dreadful Murder by Minette Walters
• Thud! by Terry Pratchett
• Gunnawah by Ronni Salt
• When He Was Wicked by Julia Quinn
• Everybody Knows by Jordan Harper
• Night Watch by Terry Pratchett
• Top Blokes: The Larrikin Myth, Class and Power by Lech Blaine
• The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett
• To Sir Phillip, With Love by Julia Quinn
• Jingo, by Terry Pratchett
• Year's Best SF 2, edited by David G Hartwell
• Slow Horses by Mick Herron
• The Night Guest by Hildur Knútsdóttir
• Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
• Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett
• Yellowface by Rebecca F Kuang
• An Offer From A Gentleman by Julia Quinn
• Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett
• Men At Arms by Terry Pratchett
• The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn
• Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett
• Hogfather by Terry Pratchett
• Soul Music by Terry Pratchett
• The Drowning House by Cherie Priest
• Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett
• Midnight at the Houdini by Delilah S Dawson
• Mort, by Terry Pratchett
• The Terraformers, by Annalee Newitz
• Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon by Wole Talabi
• Bury Your Gays, by Chuck Tingle
• We'll Prescribe You A Cat, by Syou Ishida, translated by E Madison Shimoda
• Mean Streak, by Rick Morton
• Here One Moment, by Liane Moriarty
• Buried Deep and Other Stories, by Naomi Novik

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