The Outsider gives King fans exactly what they want at the same time as cramming in new ideas, proving the least surprising thing of all: that his novels are as strong as they ever were ― Guardian

A crime masterpiece that has you gripped throughout ― Dublin Evening Echo

Nerve-shreddingly brilliant ― Daily Express

If you read only one thriller this summer, make it this one ― Daily Mail

King’s blend of supernatural crime makes for a taut, clever read that will keep you guessing until the end ― The Sun

This police procedural morphs into a gripping, chilling supernatural thriller ― Daily Record

King is arguably as much an American icon as the ’68 Fastback or a classic red and white Plymouth Fury. All of these glories are on full display in his latest mystery-horror hybrid…you’re in for one hell of a ride’ ― The Washington Post

King pulls back the layers of the everyday to show just how dangerous and threatening the ordinary world we live in case be ― Independent

Compulsive entertainment ― Mail on Sunday

So shout it from the rooftops: This new take on the old conundrum of how a man can be in two places at once is sensationally good ― Sunday Express

The Outsider is a crime masterpiece ― Belfast Telegraph

This is one of those books where you find yourself rationing the number of pages you read each night to eke it out. A very good read indeed ― The Afterword.co.uk

Mixing up genres and multiplying the surprises, The Outsider did keep me in suspense and I think that it is a really great King! ― Club.StephenKing

This chilling novel starts as a police procedural before morphing into the sort of supernatural thriller King is best known for . . . there is violence simmering below the surface of this tightly plotted yarn. ― Daily Mirror