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Stephen King wraps up crime fiction series

FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2013 file photo, author Stephen King poses for the cameras, during a promotional tour for his novel, "Doctor Sleep" in Paris. King’s “End of Watch” will be published next June, Scribner announced Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015. The novel is the third, after “Mr. Mercedes” and “Finders Keepers,” to feature retired police detective Bill Hodges.  (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)
FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2013 file photo, author Stephen King poses for the cameras, during a promotional tour for his novel, "Doctor Sleep" in Paris. King’s “End of Watch” will be published next June, Scribner announced Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015. The novel is the third, after “Mr. Mercedes” and “Finders Keepers,” to feature retired police detective Bill Hodges. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File) FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2013 file photo, author Stephen King poses for the cameras, during a promotional tour for his novel, "Doctor Sleep" in Paris. King’s “End of Watch” will be published next June, Scribner announced Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015. The novel is the third, after “Mr. Mercedes” and “Finders Keepers,” to feature retired police detective Bill Hodges. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

NEW YORK (AP) – The end is near for Stephen King’s Bill Hodges trilogy, his foray into crime fiction.

King’s “End of Watch” will be published next June, Scribner announced Thursday. The novel is the third, after “Mr. Mercedes” and “Finders Keepers,” to feature retired police detective Bill Hodges. “End of Watch” will feature another recurring character, Mercedes killer Brady Hartsfield, and his extraordinary powers even as he lies in a vegetative state.

According to Scribner, “End of Watch” will bring the series to a “sublimely terrifying conclusion,” as King combines crime fiction with the supernatural.

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