Never Flinch

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2025 by The New York Times Book Review, AV Club, Variety, The Boston Globe, The Minnesota Star Tribune, Vulture, Men’s Health, Book Riot, New York Post, Goodreads, AARP, Paste, and more—one of the top psychological thrillers of 2025! From master storyteller Stephen King comes an extraordinary 2025 psychological thriller with intertwining storylines—a dual narrative thriller exploring vigilante justice and a diabolical serial killer—featuring the beloved Holly Gibney and a dynamic new cast of characters. When the Buckeye City crime novel kicks off with the police department receiving a disturbing letter from someone threatening to “kill thirteen innocents and one guilty” in “an act of atonement,” female detective Izzy Jaynes is thrown into a tense investigation. As the crime thriller with female lead unfolds, Izzy turns to her friend Holly Gibney for help. Meanwhile, controversial women’s rights activist Kate McKay begins a high-stakes lecture tour. Someone opposing her message is targeting her in a calculated disruption. At first, no one is hurt, but the stalker is growing bolder, and Holly is hired as Kate’s bodyguard—a challenging task with a headstrong employer and a determined adversary driven by wrath and his belief in his own righteousness. With unforgettable appearances including the Sista Bessie storyline, and a chilling villain, the two stories collide in a gripping finale—a feat of storytelling only Stephen King could pull off. An emotionally resonant thriller about revenge, Never Flinch is a masterclass in suspense and one of the must-read novels of the year.

Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes Never Flinch, the short story collection You Like It Darker (a New York Times Book Review top ten horror book of 2024), Holly (a New York Times Notable Book of 2023), Fairy Tale, Billy Summers, If It Bleeds, The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: End of Watch, Finders Keepers, and Mr. Mercedes (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and a television series streaming on Peacock). His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller. His epic works The Dark Tower, It, Pet Sematary, Doctor Sleep, and Firestarter are the basis for major motion pictures, with It now the highest-grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipient of the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.