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It has been less than two months since Constant Readers everywhere first got the opportunity to read You Like It Darker , the latest collection of short stories by Stephen King , but one of the best things about being a King fan is knowing that the next book is always right around the corner. Today, we've learned not just the title of his next novel, but also what it's about and what inspired him to write it. Stephen King is featured as a guest on the latest episode of the Talking Scared podcast, and there is a point in the conversation when King discusses what he is currently working on.

It's a new Holly Gibney mystery titled Always Holly that he has been working on since February 2023, and he noted that one of the early ideas that he had for the story took inspiration from the Lady Gaga dognapping case . Said King, I just have a tendency to stay wide open and think to myself every now and then, 'What's Holly doing now? What's Holly up to now?' And I just had this idea, and I thought to myself..



. well, the first thing that came to mind isn't in the book; I thought about Lady Gaga's dogs being kidnapped. And I thought this could be a case for Holly, because Holly's dealt with dogs before, but it didn't work out.

It didn't work out. With the idea of a dognapping put aside, Stephen King pointed Holly Gibney in another direction: the world of politics. Always Holly will apparently involve the titular investigator getting involved with a female politician who becomes the target o.

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