Another solid 4 stars. 
 In this installment Bill Hodges is absent for the first 156 pages even though this is the second of the Bill Hodges trilogy, but that works fine. We're getting interesting back story in those pages. Then a kid gets in a jam, and Bill and company come in to help. (Finders Keepers is the name of Bill's business. It's not quite a private detective agency, but it not quite isn't either, if that makes any sense). Read the book if you want further details on the story itself. If you're a thriller fan, I wouldn't think you'd be disappointed, but other reviewers on here disagree with me. Maybe I don't read enough thrillers, or I'm easy to please with that genre? I don't know. 
 I don't have any major nitpicks with this one. Mr. King doesn't show his age with technological gadgets or terms which was a gripe I had with Mr. Mercedes, the first part of this trilogy. 
 Something I didn't address in my Mr. Mercedes review was Holly's character. Her transition from medicated milksop with mental issues to bad-ass with mental issues was abrupt and didn't ring true. That's not an issue in this book, but I found myself giving her character closer scrutiny than she deserved just to see if she wasn't acting like someone with... whatever mental issues it is she has... was supposed to act. She's very useful in her role as Bill's assistant, and I think she was presented well for someone who's been getting help for a couple of years. That's one thing about mental disease; you never really know what's going to happen. The possibilities are vast. I decided to leave it alone and just enjoy the story. 
 As for Pete, I hope we see more of him in the next book. He was pretty cool. 
 There are some near Dickensian coincidences in this, but I don't mind those. And they're just "near" Dickensian, not full blown Madame-Defarge-is-the-sister-in-the-family-Charles-Darnay's-uncle-&-father-severely-wronged coincidence. If you don't like coincidences, move along. 
 There's more supernatural stuff in this story than in the last one, but that's because there was the barest hint of something weird then. There are some very minor events barely mentioned in this that I expect are setting the stage for The Suicide Prince which I hope comes out about this time next year. (view spoiler)[I'm expecting Brady Hartsfield, who is a semi-mobile vegetable in this story and is mentioned in only a few pages, will be up to all kinds of supernatural/telekinetic/telepathic meanness in that one as he seems to have gained some Carrie powers. After all, he does have a score to settle with Det. Ret. Hodges. (hide spoiler)] 
 This works as a stand-alone novel, so you don't need to read the first book to enjoy it, though reading the first one will enrich the experience of reading this one. If you want a good crime novel, this fits the bill. Check it out.