Now a major HBO and Sky Atlantic limited series starring Ben Mendelsohn.

A horrifying crime.

Water-tight evidence points to a single suspect.

Except he was seventy miles away, with an iron-clad alibi.

Detective Anderson sets out to investigate the impossible: how can the suspect have been both at the scene of the crime and in another town?

'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

'Nerve-shreddingly brilliant' - Daily Express

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

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