Billy Summers

Product Description Master storyteller Stephen King, whose “restless imagination is a power that cannot be contained” (The New York Times Book Review), presents an unforgettable and relentless #1 New York Times bestseller about a good guy in a bad job. Chances are, if you’re a target of Billy Summers, two immutable truths apply: You’ll never even know what hit you, and you’re really getting what you deserve. He’s a killer for hire and the best in the business—but he’ll do the job only if the assignment is a truly bad person. But now, time is catching up with him, and Billy wants out. Before he can do that though, there’s one last hit, which promises a generous payday at the end of the line even as things don’t seem quite on the level here. Given that Billy is among the most talented snipers in the world, a decorated Iraq war vet, and a virtual Houdini when it comes to vanishing after the job is done, what could possibly go wrong? How about everything. Part war story and part love letter to small-town America and the people who live there, this spectacular thriller of luck, fate, and love will grip readers with its electrifying narrative, as a complex antihero with one last shot at redemption must avenge the crimes of an extraordinarily evil man. You won’t ever forget this stunning novel from master storyteller Stephen King…and you will never forget Billy. Amazon.com Review An Amazon Best Book of August 2021: Billy Summers made me fall in love with Stephen King’s writing all over again. In it, King introduces a hit man with heart who only kills bad people, and he’s the best in the business. Billy is about to retire but can’t resist one last job. His cover is that he’s a writer, and Billy begins to write the story of his life while he waits for his target. Billy’s personal account is part of what I loved most in this novel—from a brutal childhood to his experiences as a sniper in Iraq, Billy felt so real I almost forgot he wasn’t. And when the job is finished, it’s only the beginning, as Billy and his new companion Alice—whom he rescued from her own violent ordeal—set off to hunt down one more man who will pay for his wrongs with death. Billy Summers is a surprising, sleight-of-hand novel of love, heartbreak, redemption, and retribution from a master storyteller. —Seira Wilson, Amazon Editor Review Praise for Billy Summers Named a Best Book of 2021 by BookBub, Booklist, Esquire, Goodreads Choice Awards, Kirkus, Parade, Scribd, Apple Books, Tampa Bay Times, and The Wall Street Journal! “Billy Summers is an ambitious, controlled and compelling shapeshifter of a book: combat novel, platonic romance, noir caper, portrait of an artist coming of belated age. Its pleasures are numerous, and it touches the mind, heart and nervous system in equal measure." —The Wall Street Journal "Billy Summers is the perfect summertime treat – solidly crafted, deliciously suspenseful and surprisingly heartfelt. King plays to all his strengths: deep characterization, clever plotting and this time an ending that seems both logical and well earned… Billy Summers might be King’s most bookish thriller to date, an incisive character study wrapped inside a road novel, coupled with a very unconventional love story." —Portland Press-Herald “Not to put too fine a point on it, but BILLY SUMMERS is the best Stephen King novel in a while… [it] has the irresistible forward motion that’s characteristic of just about every story Stephen King ever wrote... [what] sets this book apart [is] its stylistic brilliance... I was blown away by this book... a variety of voices, sharply tuned to the personae of one character, are measured, developed and explored across a truly gripping adventure story... one of Stephen King’s masterpieces.” —Dana Wilde, Central Maine “A tense, absorbing story about a brainy hitman struggling to go straight — and the author’s best novel in many years... an engrossing read, deftly plotted, suitably hard-boiled, and at times almost magi