BAG OF BONES

Hands down, best Stephen King book I HAVE READ THUS FAR IN MY EXISTENCE. Goddess, it was so good. It was weird, though, because this book is so un-Stephen-King-ish. Or, as Mrs. Myers would say, it didn't fit King's normal style. There was little gore, not as much swearing or grotesque scenes *ahem*, and overall it was more a suspense book compared to his normal horrors.
It's about Mike Noonan, a "second-rate suspense novelist" whose wife Jo has been dead four years and keeps dreaming about his summer home on the TR, Sara Laughs. He goes back and meets some interesting people, the least of which include 4-year-old Kyra and her 21-year-old mother, "Mattie." Also while he's there, Mike discovers some disturbing connections throughout the town history, dating back to almost Civil War times. He also discovers some not-so-ancient secrets, including why his wife died and what she had discovered about the town...
Um, how can I say this... SUCH A FREAKIN' AWESOME BOOK. I've read a lot of Stephen King, and I have to admit this book is a bit slow and doesn't jump right into the action in the beginning, but it picks right up and slowly starts to creep you out as you read further and further until you discover you can't put it down... because the book is GLUED TO YOUR HANDS.
I wish I could post excerpts from this book in here, but because of the dang copyright laws... dang it.
I love Kyra and Mattie in this book; they live in a trailer, and their lives are so stereotypically white trash and yet seem so much more fun than the suburban lives we live.