End of Watch

Wow - what an end to a great trilogy! I've been reading Stephen King for more than three decades now. While I enjoyed his more recent non-supernaturally focused ones ("Fairy Tale," and the first two books in this series,) it was great to be back in a well-spun story with an evil, supernaturally powered plot. I liked how the villain in the first book makes an encore appearance with a far more malicious, fantastical and entertaining plan. The relationship among the core trio of Bill, Holly and Jerome is deepened in surprisingly emotional ways. While the technology which drives the suspense is far-fetched and the origin of the "superpowers" isn't fully explained, overlooking these details in the service of enjoying a fast-moving plot isn't hard to do. The ending was thrilling and satisfying. And once I finished this audio-book (read by the outstanding journeyman actor Will Patton) I was ready and eager to put "Holly" into my ears (although I was disappointed that a far less engaging narrator than Patton reads it.)