Morris is obsessed with finding the notebooks and learning the ultimate outcome of the Runner series. He goes to retrieve the buried trunk, only to find it empty.

At the same time, Morris, now nearly sixty, has finally been granted parole. When the money runs out, Pete, now a teenager aware of the true value of his discovery, comes up with a plan to profit from the notebooks. Peter discovers the buried trunk and secretly uses the money to keep his family afloat for the next few years, while gradually becoming engrossed in the Rothstein notebooks. Mercedes, and the Saubers family is on the brink of financial and emotional ruin.

His father, Tom, was disabled in the events that opened Mr. In the present day, young Peter Saubers now lives in Morris's old home. Before he can read the manuscripts, Morris is sentenced to life in prison for another crime. After the murder, Morris hides Rothstein's cash and Moleskine notebooks in a trunk buried near a creek behind his childhood home. More important than the money he steals, Morris covets Rothstein's invaluable notebooks, which contain the last two books of the Runner series. Prior to the murder, Rothstein had been in reclusive retirement, never publishing another novel but continuing to write in private.

In 1978, petty criminal Morris Bellamy robs and murders acclaimed author John Rothstein for ending his famous Runner trilogy on an unsatisfactory note. Mercedes, once again featuring Detective Bill Hodges. It is the second book in The Bill Hodges Trilogy and is a sequel to Mr. Finders Keepers is the 67th book published by Stephen King it is his 54th novel, and the 47th under his own name.

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