Stephen King is Not Your Bitch

It’s almost a shame that this is a Bill Hodges story, because he doesn’t need to be here.  Instead, we get a tale about ownership of an author’s works.  John Rothstein created a beloved character in Jimmy Gold, and wrote a trilogy where his character became normal.  A trio of burglars steal into Rothstein’s home and rob him of $24K and almost 200 Moleskine journals which contain two more Jimmy Gold novels.  Flash forward 30 some years to Pete Saubers, a teen whose father was crippled by the Mercedes Killer.  Pete finds the trunk that contains the money and the journals.  And then this becomes a cat and mouse deception tale between a boy and an elderly criminal as they battle for control over the future works.  And then Bill Hodges gets involved.  Sigh.