Lisey's Story

Stephen King

Jul 2007 · Hachette UK

About this ebook

*Soon to be an Apple TV+ limited series starring Julianne Moore and Clive Owen*

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Every marriage has two hearts, one light and one dark.

Lisey knew it when she first fell for Scott. And now he's dead, she knows it for sure.

Lisey was the light to Scott Landon's dark for twenty-five years. As his wife, only she saw the truth behind the public face of the famous author - that he was a haunted man whose bestselling novels were based on a terrifying reality.

Now Scott has gone, Lisey wants to lock herself away with her memories. But the fans have other ideas. And when the sinister threats begin, Lisey realises that, just as Scott depended on her strength - her light - to live, so she will have to draw on his darkness to survive.

Ratings and reviews

Made it half way through but found it boring. Normally love Stephen King and The Stand is one of my favourites but just didn't get into this one. too much daft language, never want to see the word shmucking again!!!

kings evolved into an all round novelist. its good to see that most fans know its SK"s style that got us hooked. great stories....but some will always whine for monsters, else its "boring"

Not just my favourite King book, but my favourite book, period. Saying that, I do have one major gripe: the psycho who threatens the heroine. He detracts from Lisey's struggle to come to terms with the loss of her husband, amidst coping with her sisters' issues - which feels to be the book's heart. I might wish the psycho plotline had been filleted out, but I guess it wouldn't have been the type of King book we've all come to love and expect.

About the author

STEPHEN KING is the author of more than seventy books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. Among his highly acclaimed novels are Bag of Bones, Duma Key and Elevation.


Many of his titles are the basis for major motion pictures, TV series and streamed events, including 11.22.63, Stand By Me (adapted from The Body) and The Shawshank Redemption, which is IMDb's top-rated movie of all time.


King is the recipient of The Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence 2022, the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.