The Outsider ( King novel ) - wikipedia The Outsider ( King novel ) Not to be confused with The Outsiders. The Outsider First edition U.S. cover Author Stephen King Country United States Language English Genre Crime fiction, horror Published May 22, 2018 Publisher Scribner Media type Print ( hardcover ) Pages 576 ISBN 978 - 1501180989 The Outsider is a horror novel by American author Stephen King, published on May 22, 2018, by Scribner. Contents 1 Description 2 Background information 3 Connections to King 's other works 4 Television adaptation 5 References 6 External links Description The novel begins with the tone of a police procedural in its early parts, but shifts to a horror novel toward the end, employing two common genres of Stephen King. However, the plot is wholly consistent and split into several titled sections, each section containing multiple chapters. In addition, there is a small epilogue following the climax. The sections are ordered according to date in relativity to the inciting incident. The first section contains several fictional police documents. The novel takes place in the fictional town of Flint City, Oklahoma. Police detective Ralph Anderson arrests popular teacher and Little League Baseball coach Terry Maitland in front of a crowd of baseball game spectators, charging him with raping, killing, and mutilating an 11 - year - old boy. The town quickly turns against Maitland. Maitland insists he is innocent, and hires elderly lawyer Howie Gold to assist him, but Anderson has eyewitnesses and clear physical evidence ( DNA and fingerprints ) of his guilt. In the meantime, eager reporters harass Terry 's wife, Marcy, and his two daughters, Sarah and Grace. The District Attorney, Bill Samuels, who has a cowlick that causes him to resemble Alfalfa from the Little Rascals series, tells Anderson to break Maitland 's alibi in order to turn a long court battle into an open - and - shut case. Anderson discovers, however, that not only do multiple eyewitnesses confirm Maitland was out of town when the murder occurred, at a writer 's conference in a neighboring fictional town known as Cap City, but security footage provides confirmation as well. With the assistance of private investigator Holly Gibney ( a character from King 's novel Mr. Mercedes ), Anderson begins to dig deeper into the case, following a trail of clues that takes the duo to the fictional town of Marysville, Texas. Jack Hoskins, Ralph 's rival in local law enforcement, is coerced by the Outsider to kill Ralph, promising that if he kills Ralph he will save him from cancer. With the help of Marysville police officer Yune Sablo ( a Mexican American ), Claude Bolton, an eyewitness to the Maitland Case and the next victim of the Outsider, and Claude 's mother, Marysville resident Lovie Ann Bolton ( a white woman in the predominantly Latino town ), Anderson and Gibney discover that they have an actual monster on their hands, and set out to destroy him in a large cave, a tourist attraction known as The Maysville Hole, where two children died years earlier. Background information The novel was first mentioned in an interview for USA Today on August 7, 2017. The book cover was first revealed on January 18, 2018. An excerpt was published in the May 25, 2018, issue of Entertainment Weekly. Connections to King 's other works The character of Holly Gibney from King 's Bill Hodges trilogy ( Mr. Mercedes, Finders Keepers, End of Watch ) is a major character in the book. The novel outlines some events from the trilogy and its aftermath. The concept of `` ka, '' an integral part of King 's The Dark Tower series, is also mentioned. Television adaptation In June 2018, it was announced that Media Rights Capital had optioned the novel to be produced as a 10 - part miniseries with Richard Price scripting, and executive producers Jack Bender and Marty Bowen. References Jump up ^ `` StephenKing.com - The Outsider ''. www.stephenking.com. Jump up ^ `` The Outsider ''. May 22, 2018. ^ Jump up to : Lavalle, Victor ( May 22, 2018 ). `` Stephen King 's Reign of Terror Continues in a New Novel ''. The New York Times. Retrieved May 22, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Q&A : Stephen King busier than ever with ' Mr. Mercedes ' show, new books ''. USA Today. Jump up ^ `` Exclusive : Stephen King 's new novel The Outsider gets a chilling cover : Exclusive ''. Entertainment Weekly. Jump up ^ `` It 's GLOW time ! Get an exclusive season 2 first look with this week 's cover ''. Entertainment Weekly. Jump up ^ https://deadline.com/2018/06/richard-price-the-outsider-stephen-king-mrc-10-episode-series-jack-bender-marty-bowen-executive-producer-1202407954/ External links Official page on StephenKing.com Stephen King Bibliography Short fiction Unpublished and uncollected Awards and nominations Novels Carrie ( 1974 ) ' Salem 's Lot ( 1975 ) The Shining ( 1977 ) The Stand ( 1978 ) The Dead Zone ( 1979 ) Firestarter ( 1980 ) Cujo ( 1981 ) Christine ( 1983 ) Pet Sematary ( 1983 ) Cycle of the Werewolf ( 1983 ) The Talisman ( 1984 ) It ( 1986 ) The Eyes of the Dragon ( 1987 ) Misery ( 1987 ) The Tommyknockers ( 1987 ) The Dark Half ( 1989 ) Needful Things ( 1991 ) Gerald 's Game ( 1992 ) Dolores Claiborne ( 1992 ) Insomnia ( 1994 ) Rose Madder ( 1995 ) The Green Mile ( 1996 ) Desperation ( 1996 ) Bag of Bones ( 1998 ) The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon ( 1999 ) The Plant ( 2000 ; unfinished ) Dreamcatcher ( 2001 ) Black House ( 2001 ) From a Buick 8 ( 2002 ) The Colorado Kid ( 2005 ) Cell ( 2006 ) Lisey 's Story ( 2006 ) Duma Key ( 2008 ) Under the Dome ( 2009 ) 11 / 22 / 63 ( 2011 ) Joyland ( 2013 ) Doctor Sleep ( 2013 ) Mr. Mercedes ( 2014 ) Revival ( 2014 ) Finders Keepers ( 2015 ) End of Watch ( 2016 ) Gwendy 's Button Box ( 2017 ) Sleeping Beauties ( 2017 ) The Outsider ( 2018 ) Elevation ( 2018 ) The Dark Tower series The Gunslinger ( 1982 ) The Drawing of the Three ( 1987 ) The Waste Lands ( 1991 ) Wizard and Glass ( 1997 ) Wolves of the Calla ( 2003 ) Song of Susannah ( 2004 ) The Dark Tower ( 2004 ) The Wind Through the Keyhole ( 2012 ) Richard Bachman novels Rage ( 1977 ) The Long Walk ( 1979 ) Roadwork ( 1981 ) The Running Man ( 1982 ) Thinner ( 1984 ) The Bachman Books ( 1985 ) The Regulators ( 1996 ) Blaze ( 2007 ) Short fiction collections Night Shift ( 1978 ) Different Seasons ( 1982 ) Skeleton Crew ( 1985 ) Four past Midnight ( 1990 ) Nightmares & Dreamscapes ( 1993 ) Hearts in Atlantis ( 1999 ) Everything 's Eventual ( 2002 ) Just After Sunset ( 2008 ) Full Dark, No Stars ( 2010 ) The Bazaar of Bad Dreams ( 2015 ) Non-fiction Danse Macabre ( 1981 ) Nightmares in the Sky ( 1988 ) On Writing ( 2000 ) Secret Windows ( 2000 ) Faithful ( 2004 ) `` Guns '' ( 2013 ) Screenplays Creepshow ( 1982 ) Cat 's Eye ( 1985 ) Silver Bullet ( 1985 ) Maximum Overdrive ( 1986 ; also director ) Pet Sematary ( 1989 ) Sleepwalkers ( 1992 ) A Good Marriage ( 2014 ) Cell ( 2016 ) Teleplays `` Sorry, Right Number '' ( 1987 ) Golden Years ( 1991 ) The Stand ( 1994 ) The Shining ( 1997 ) `` Chinga '' ( 1998 ) Storm of the Century ( 1999 ) Rose Red ( 2002 ) Kingdom Hospital ( 2004 ) Desperation ( 2006 ) `` Heads Will Roll '' ( 2014 ) Comics Heroes for Hope ( 1985 ) American Vampire ( 2010 ) Musical collaborations Michael Jackson 's Ghosts ( 1997 ) Black Ribbons ( 2010 ) Ghost Brothers of Darkland County ( 2012 ) Anthologies edited The Best American Short Stories 2007 ( 2007 ) Six Scary Stories ( 2016 ) Flight or Fright ( 2018 ) Worlds and concepts Dollar Baby Fictional books Fictional locations in Maine Castle Rock Derry Jerusalem 's Lot Multiverse All - World Related articles List of adaptations Books about Stephen King Rock Bottom Remainders Philtrum Press Six Stories Stephen King Goes to the Movies Charlie the Choo - Choo Hearts in Suspension Tabitha King ( wife ) Joe Hill ( son ) Owen King ( son ) Book Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Outsider_(King_novel)&oldid=854079830 '' Categories : Novels by Stephen King 2018 American novels Novels set in Oklahoma Novels set in Texas Novels set in Ohio Hidden categories : Pages to import images to Wikidata Talk Contents About Wikipedia Français Українська Edit links This page was last edited on 8 August 2018, at 20 : 41 ( UTC ). 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