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Billy Summers

Billy Summers

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  • Create Date：2021-07-21 07:51:01
  • Update Date：2025-09-06
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  • Author：Stephen King
  • ISBN：1982182059
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Summary

Billy Summers is a man in a room with a gun。 He’s a killer for hire and the best in the business。 But he’ll do the job only if the target is a truly bad guy。 And now Billy wants out。 But first there is one last hit。 Billy is among the best snipers in the world， a decorated Iraq war vet， a Houdini when it comes to vanishing after the job is done。 So what could possibly go wrong？

How about everything。

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Reviews

Mike ，

Somehow， I got gifted with an advance copy of this "coming in August" newest Stephen King and， well， best not to look too closely at where gifts come from。 This is not your standard horror or supernatural King。 No， SK is still trying to write a crime thriller。 His first attempt（s） was the Bill Hodges trilogy which I found to be， shall we say， "SK meh"， you know， like three and a half or four stars。 I think he felt the same and brought in some good old supernatural in Book 3。 Well， he may be an o Somehow， I got gifted with an advance copy of this "coming in August" newest Stephen King and， well， best not to look too closely at where gifts come from。 This is not your standard horror or supernatural King。 No， SK is still trying to write a crime thriller。 His first attempt（s） was the Bill Hodges trilogy which I found to be， shall we say， "SK meh"， you know， like three and a half or four stars。 I think he felt the same and brought in some good old supernatural in Book 3。 Well， he may be an old dog， but he learned。。。Billy Summers is one Hell of a book！ While I was reading it， I was reminded of Thomas Perry's The Butcher's Boy。 It's a little like that trilogy but so much more。 I really got involved with the characters here and couldn't put the book down。 Again this is pure crime thriller with zero supernatural stuff and one great read。 。。。more

Dermot ，

Ich hatte die Gelegenheit dieses Buch vorab zu lesen und ich bin begeistert！ Das beste King seit langem。 Billy Summers wird lange im Kopf bleiben und für mich gehört das Buch ganz oben in der Ranking von Kings besten Bücher。

J。D。 Barker ，

Wow。 This might be Stephen King’s best yet。 The ending is perfection。 Releases August 3 - get your preorders in！—J。D。 Barker， NY Times bestselling author of A Caller's Game Wow。 This might be Stephen King’s best yet。 The ending is perfection。 Releases August 3 - get your preorders in！—J。D。 Barker， NY Times bestselling author of A Caller's Game 。。。more

Tanya ，

King seems to have mostly turned his back on the supernatural horror stories that brought him to fame in favor of crime novels… which have been more of a miss than a hit， as far as I’m concerned （looking at you， Bill Hodges）。 Having grown up with his stories though， there is just so much nostalgia at play， I’ll never not read a new release as soon as it hits shelves; I’m a ride-or-die Constant Reader， and you bet that when I got my hands on an advance copy of Billy Summers I dropped everything e King seems to have mostly turned his back on the supernatural horror stories that brought him to fame in favor of crime novels… which have been more of a miss than a hit， as far as I’m concerned （looking at you， Bill Hodges）。 Having grown up with his stories though， there is just so much nostalgia at play， I’ll never not read a new release as soon as it hits shelves; I’m a ride-or-die Constant Reader， and you bet that when I got my hands on an advance copy of Billy Summers I dropped everything else until I reached the end。Billy Summers is more of a thriller than a crime novel， and it works much better than his previous forays into the genre because it’s told from the perspective of the criminal: Billy is a former Iraq war sniper turned hitman， doing one final job before retirement。 He’s justified his choice of freelance employment to himself by only accepting jobs that will have him target what he considers to be bad guys… but once he’s too far in to back out， it becomes clear that something about this particular hit is hinky。I’m not going to lie， this novel was incredibly inconsistent。 The beginning， as Billy settles down in a small town for many months， ingratiating himself with the locals while he waits for his opportunity， moves at a pretty glacial pace。 His cover story is that he’s a novelist with a deadline who needs to hunker down and get to writing， and for lack of a better thing to do to kill time， he decides that he might as well， so he begins writing his memoirs， from childhood through his time as a soldier in Iraq—for himself， to prove that he could， because he doesn’t think that anyone would ever read it。 I’m not into war stories， fictional or otherwise， so I wasn’t truly engaged in this novel until he was on the run after doing the deed… and then King brings in a new character by a ludicrous coincidence， and this is where it gets tricky。This is not the book for you if you are a survivor of sexual assault （in particular of date rape and/or paedophilia）; some passages are disturbing and triggering even though he doesn’t go into the graphic detail of the acts themselves。 For a while， the addition of Alice and her trauma feel quite unnecessary， but I did come to love her as a character， and she becomes instrumental in the storyline later on （does this make her a plot device to further the male protagonist’s story？ …it’s debatable）。 King handles Alice’s rape and the ensuing trauma the way you’d expect from a man in his 70s， which is… not always great， despite good intentions， and I personally would’ve appreciated more nuance， and less macho revenge。 Billy and Alice’s relationship could’ve been one of the most unlikely yet wholesome pairings in all of King’s books， but he kind of went and ruined it with inappropriate feelings。I wavered anywhere between a two and four star rating depending on where I was in the book， but despite its flaws （and there are a few）， I have to give King credit where it’s due: He tends to recycle ideas from himself， especially in recent years， but Billy Summers feels fresh and pretty unique in his oeuvre （well， there is one scene that will perhaps call to mind one from The Outsider， and there are some delightful nods to The Shining）。 The final show-down may feel anti-climatic to some readers after all the lead-up to it， but I found that I didn’t mind—I felt that the quickness of it made it believable。 King had me going for a while after that， and I absolutely loved the ending， so that’s why I decided to go with a rounded-up three and a half stars。 Crime and thriller stories are what he appears to be most interested in telling now， and out of all the ones we’ve gotten in the past few years， this is probably the most worthwhile one， despite its shortcomings—at least it’s got memorable characters you can’t help but root for， despite their very questionable moral compass。 Between this and Later， his other release this year， I ultimately prefer this one。—————Note: I received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review。 。。。more

Vee Paige ，

That blurb！

Kristie ，

Super short excerpt: https://ew。com/books/stephen-king-bil。。。 Super short excerpt: https://ew。com/books/stephen-king-bil。。。 。。。more

Khaled Mohamed ，

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no i’m reading that ，

The only reason why I want to read this book is because of the cover and I。。。 should probably stop doing that considering the ratio of books I’ve read to the books I actually want to read。

Adrian ，

Did anyone else get a strong Barry vibe after reading the description？ Did anyone else get a strong Barry vibe after reading the description？ 。。。more

megs_bookrack ，

Brace yourselves， Constant Readers。 This is it。An all-new 500+ page novel from the King is being released on August 3， 2021！！！This sounds like a taut thriller， with no doubt a healthy dose of dark themes， and I'm so here for it！！！Preorder placed。 Brace yourselves， Constant Readers。 This is it。An all-new 500+ page novel from the King is being released on August 3， 2021！！！This sounds like a taut thriller， with no doubt a healthy dose of dark themes， and I'm so here for it！！！Preorder placed。 。。。more

Creya ，

YUP。

Chelsea Humphrey ，

New Stephen King coming August 3rd！ Read an excerpt HERE。 New Stephen King coming August 3rd！ Read an excerpt HERE。 。。。more

Emilia ，

“He has no problem with bad people paying to have other bad people killed。 He basically sees himself as a garbageman with a gun。”Can't wait！！！ “He has no problem with bad people paying to have other bad people killed。 He basically sees himself as a garbageman with a gun。”Can't wait！！！ 。。。more

TheBookishHobbit ，

Can't wait to read this book this August！ Fits in so well with my Stephen King reading month。 The blurb sounds really interesting to me so I look forward to reading and reviewing this book。 :） Can't wait to read this book this August！ Fits in so well with my Stephen King reading month。 The blurb sounds really interesting to me so I look forward to reading and reviewing this book。 :） 。。。more

Trisha ，

There is a preview here: https://ew。com/books/stephen-king-bil。。。"He basically sees himself as a garbageman with a gun。"I can't wait for this one！ There is a preview here: https://ew。com/books/stephen-king-bil。。。"He basically sees himself as a garbageman with a gun。"I can't wait for this one！ 。。。more

Reference

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hathitrust digital library https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/ls?q1=Billy Summers&field1=ocr&a=srchls&ft=ft&lmt=ft

The British Library https://bll01.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Billy Summers&tab=LibraryCatalog&search_scope=Not_BL_Suppress&vid=44BL_INST:BLL01&lang=en&offset=0