'Confident, seamlessly accomplished'-Jonathan Keates, Observer

'Fans of King will find themselves on pleasingly familiar ground here; newcomers (if there are still any left) will find Bag of Bones as good a place to start as any' - The Sunday Times

'A sophisticated literary craftman...his work anatomises, with folksy charm, the social fabric of small-town American life. It also plumbs, with unnerving accuracy, the hopes and fears of an entire nation' - McCrum on Stephen King, Observer

When Mike Noonan"s wife dies unexpectedly, the bestselling author suffers from desperate writer"s block. Until he is drawn to their summer home, Sara Laughs, the beautiful Maine lakeside retreat which has recently been haunting his nightmares.

But Mike finds the once familiar town now in the tyrannical grip of millionaire Max Devore. Devore is hen-bent on  getting custody of his deceased son"s child and is twisting the fabric of the community to this purpose.

Three-year-old Kyra and her young mother turn to Mike for help. Increasingly besotted with them, Mike is powerless to resist.

But there are other sinister forces at Sara Laughs determined to stand in their way... and Kyra can fed them too.

AUTHOR"S NOTE

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

EPILOGUE