Bag of Bones by Stephen King

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Bag of Bones  by Stephen King

Set in the Maine territory King has made mythic, "Bag of Bones" recounts the plight of 40-year-old bestselling novelist Mike Noonan, who is unable to stop grieving even four years after the sudden deat 737e43h h of his wife, Jo, and who can no longer bear to face the blank screen of his word processor. Now his nights are plagued by vivid nightmares of the house by the lake. Despite these dreams, or perhaps because of them, Mike finally returns to Sara Laughs, the Noonans' isolated summer house. There, he finds the millionaire Max Devore, whose vindictive purpose is to take his three-year-old granddaughter, Kyra, away from her widowed young mother, Mattie.

As Mike is drawn into Mattie and Kyra's struggle, as he falls in love with both of them, he is also drawn into the mystery of Sara Laughs, now the site of ghostly visitations and escalating terrors.

Stephen King's most gripping and unforgettable novel, "Bag of Bones", is partly inspired by Daphne du Maurier's classic Rebecca.

Author/narrator King uses careful scene-setting to lead who's reading the book into the sensible, rational world of Noonan's home and family. Then, he slowly moves into an unreal world where the coincidences become spooky events and shadowy spirits, both good and evil, emerge. There are many gory ghosts afoot, though: men, women, and wailing kids. The hero, a thriller novelist, stirs up hell's plenty of angry shades while investigating his wife's death. It is a book packed with nifty turns of phrase and irreverent wit.

"Bag of Bones" is astounding. I felt as if I was seeing all of the dreams and realities of the characters. The book has many different elements. It's a story about love, but at the same time it's a thrill ride and a heart-stopping scare. The book begins with a series of events that almost breaks your heart and the ending is a spellbinding mystery that leaves you wanting more. It is definitely my favorite of all of King's novels that I have read.