Amazon.com: Finders Keepers: A Novel (2) (The Bill Hodges Trilogy): 9781501190360: King, Stephen: Books

Good story line, about a man Morris who is absolutely obsessed with John Rothstein novels- especially his Jimmy Gold trilogy!! But Morris absolutely HATES the way he ended the trilogy…. With Jimmy selling out!This author has since retired and lives with his wife, writing in his journals.. But in these journals are actually sequels to this trilogy, unpublished and for HIS eyes only! What would have been books 4 and 5 of the series, along with about $20,000 cash is stolen from Mr. Rothstein in a home burglary, which turns deadly for him. Who killed him? you guessed it, Morris! So now he has his money, but that $20,000 is nothing compared to what these hidden journals are worth (to the right man willing to buy them on the black market). A friend of his, Andy, tells him that when things die down after this man’s death, then he surely can find someone to purchase these gems!! Only problem is, Morris is now going away for many years, due to convicted rape! So now he must hide his trunk full of journals (and cash ) under a near dead tree behind his old house!Hoping that it’s still there when he gets out…Enter Peter Saubers, teenager in high school, main character of the story. He moves into Morrises old house, and guess what he stumbled upon? You guessed it, The trunk! And he has actually heard of Rothstein, is a huge fan of his work, and happened to love the trilogy! But when he reads these last 2 books, he’s even more amazed ! He now realizes what literal GOLD he has on his hands!Also during all of this his parents are having financial (even some marital) problems, and so Pete starts anonymously sending random letters to his house addressed to his father, with mystery money in it, and does so for almost 2 years… until, one day…… it runs out and he sends his last envelope!Well it certainly did help his parents get back on their feet, and almost certainly saved their marriage! Which is good, but what kind of sucks, is now Morris is out of prison, and will be looking for all his things, but Peter doesn’t know this…… yet..Now he is looking for more money (not so much for his parents now) but for his younger sister he wants to be able to help put her into this nice school, but it’s a bit expensive. So he decides to do the unthinkable- part with some of his journals- and he KNOWS what he has, could potentially be looking at a million dollars!So he goes to the shadiest Rare Books Dealer in town, Andy Halliday! (Yep, Morrises old pal from right after the heist, who most certainly knows people who can afford so buy these VERY RARE finds). Peter knows he cannot go to just anyone- most people who knows what he has is Stolen property from a murder case, and will think Peter had something to do with it! So no police! So it’s Andy, or nobody!Except Andy was wandering where these journals went after Morris went into prison, and now he knows where they are! He attempts to blackmail Pete into either lowballing him EXTREMELY, or getting the police on the phone!But before he can continue with his plan, Morris comes in to save the day- and KILL Andy. Hey, what are friends for, right? So now all Morris has to do is rid himself of Peter, but not a second before he knows where these journals are ! Will he eventually come back into possession of these last 2 Jimmy Gold Novels? Or will he die trying?Tune in next week, for the conclusion of :FINDERS KEEPERS!…he dies…. Peter burns the books while Morris stands aflame burning together with his one true love: Jimmy Gold at last !Great storyline, a bit of a jump from the Brady Hartsfield from the First book, but Brady certainly doesn’t disappoint in the third!9.5/10 stars for me!