Stephen King’s latest novel will hit shelves next year, Entertainment Weekly reports.
Scribner will publish the horror master’s Never Flinch in the spring. The press describes the book as “thrilling, wildly fun, and outrageously engrossing” and “one of King’s richest and most propulsive novels.”
The book will bring back fan-favorite character Holly Gibney, the shy and brilliant detective who King introduced in his 2014 novel, Mr. Mercedes, and who went on to appear in Finders Keepers, End of Watch, The Outsider, If It Bleeds, and Holly. The character was played on screen by Cynthia Erivo in the miniseries based on The Outsider and by Justine Lupe in the Mr. Mercedes television adaptation.
In Never Flinch, Holly helps a police detective who has received a letter threatening a mass murder; she also serves as a bodyguard to a feminist activist whose speaking events are being disrupted by a stalker.
“Featuring a riveting cast of characters both old and new, including world-famous gospel singer Sista Bessie and an unforgettable villain addicted to murder, these twinned narratives converge in a chilling and spectacular conclusion—a feat of storytelling only Stephen King could pull off,” Scribner says.
Never Flinch is slated for publication on May 27, 2025.
Michael Schaub is a contributing writer.
