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From a Buick 8

by Stephen King

A roadside mystery kept in the shed

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    #1 New York Times bestseller

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A roadside mystery kept in the shed

At a rural Pennsylvania state-police barracks, an abandoned 1953 Buick Roadmaster has been hidden from public view since the late 1970s. The car is more than an unexplained object: its presence binds the Troop D officers through a shared secret, and Curt Wilcox’s son Ned becomes part of that circle years later. When Ned learns what the officers have kept under wraps, the mystery becomes active again. The setup brings together a close-knit workplace, a father’s legacy, and the unsettling limits of what can be understood or controlled.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in supernatural horror built around an inexplicable object.
  • Readers who enjoy stories set within close-knit groups and communities.
  • Stephen King readers seeking a novel centered on a long-kept mystery.

Themes

Secrecy and shared responsibilityFamily legacyThe desire for answersDangerous fascination

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Book overview

Now featuring a stunning vintage cover!The #1 New York Times bestselling suspense thriller from Stephen King--a novel about the fascination deadly things have for us and about our insistence on answers when there are none...Since 1979, the state police of Troop D in rural Pennsylvania have kept a secret in the shed out behind the barracks. Ennis Rafferty and Curtis Wilcox had answered a strange call just down the road and came back with an abandoned 1953 Buick Roadmaster. Curt Wilcox knew old cars, and this one was...just wrong. As it turned out, the Buick 8 was worse than dangerous--and the members of Troop D decided that it would be better if the public never found out about it. Now, more than twenty years later, Curt's son Ned starts hanging around the barracks and is allowed into the Troop D family. And one day he discovers the family secret--a mystery that begins to stir once more, not only in the minds and hearts of these veteran troopers, but out in the shed as well, for there's more power under the hood than anyone can handle...
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