End of watch is a crime novel by american writer stephen king the third volume of a trilogy focusing on detective bill hodges following mr mercedes and finders keepers the book was first announced at an event at st francis college on april 21 2015 under the title the suicide princeon june 10 the new title end of watch was announced at the 2015 edgar awards while accepting the award . As the bill hodges trilogy comes to an end stephen king fans lament the conclusion of something that has taken on a mind of its own while being pleased with the calibre of the final novel the reader gathers the shards of literary glass king left with the end of the previous book as bill hodges is called to the scene of an apparent murder suicide a favour by his former partner what brings . End of watch is a compelling and chilling suspense novel which sees retired detective bill hodges back on the trail of his nemesis brady hartsfield the criminal the press called the mercedes killer foiled in his attempt to commit a second mass murder hartsfield is confined to a hospital brain injury unit in a seemingly unresponsive state but all is not what it seems brady is able to . End of watch a novel the bill hodges trilogy book 3 kindle edition by king stephen download it once and read it on your kindle device pc phones or tablets use features like bookmarks note taking and highlighting while reading end of watch a novel the bill hodges trilogy book 3. Stephen king is the author of more than sixty books all of them worldwide bestsellers his recent work includes if it bleeds the institute elevation the outsider sleeping beauties cowritten with his son owen king and the bill hodges trilogy end of watch finders keepers and mr mercedes an edgar award winner for best novel and an att audience network original television series