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If It Bleeds

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Will Patton, Danny Burstein, Steven Weber
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The No.1 Sunday Times bestseller featuring a stand-alone sequel to The Outsider as well as the novella 'Mr Harrigan's Phone', soon to be a Netflix original film.

News people have a saying: 'If it bleeds, it leads'. And a bomb at Albert Macready Middle School is guaranteed to lead any bulletin.

Holly Gibney of the Finders Keepers detective agency is working on the case of a missing dog - and on her own need to be more assertive - when she sees the footage on TV. But when she tunes in again, to the late-night report, she realises there is something not quite right about the correspondent who was first on the scene. So begins 'If It Bleeds', a stand-alone sequel to the No. 1 bestselling THE OUTSIDER featuring the incomparable Holly on her first solo case - and also the riveting title story in Stephen King's brilliant new collection.

Dancing alongside are three more wonderful long stories from this 'formidably versatile author' (The Sunday Times) - 'Mr Harrigan's Phone', 'The Life of Chuck' and 'Rat'. All four display the richness of King's storytelling with grace, humour, horror and breathtaking suspense. A fascinating Author's Note gives us a wonderful insight into the origin of each story and the writer's unparalleled imagination.

©2020 Stephen King (P)2020 Simon & Schuster Audio

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Loved catching up with Holly

Will Patton makes me fall in love with Holly more and more. The other stories paled in comparison

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King as always brilliant

great collection of stories his shorter stories are always a pleasure to read and theses 4 are very good

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great read

Loved the different stories that all linked together in the end. Great that a memorable character is included in one of the stories. One Book you can't stop listening to until the end.

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Love the Stephen king/ Will Patton combination

really enjoyed all the stories Will Patton narrates Stephen King perfectly. I loved it. alot

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Classic King

Enjoyed all the short stories. There were links to other novels so I suppose that is why they made more sense to me that others that have rated it lower.

These short stories were old school Stephen King which I prefer.

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My only gripe..

Some good stories, however I found Holly's narrated whispered voice hard to listen to. Found the C.B Strike books better

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Your Constant Reader …..

Thank you Mr. King. I loved this book, and your mind and the abounds of it’s imagination.
More of Holly please.

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5 stories in 1

a collection of excellent short stories that were more like moral lessons. it was nice.

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Great stuff

Short stories are not my usual genre and I’m not really into Stephen King but this caught my eye. I’m so glad it did. Great story lines and the narration is awesome. Totally enjoyed it. Highly recommended.

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Another collection of enthralling tales!

Such a brilliantly clever collection of stories. Stephen King really is extraordinary. His delightful creations always whisk the reader into the hearts and minds of the characters within. If It Bleeds is no exception. Marvellous! Bravo

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