Thomas dies just as he is beginning his latest book, which is a financial disaster for Tia’s literary agency. The next episode in Jamie’s story involves his mother’s most profitable literary client, Regis Thomas. That night, Tia tells Jamie to never tell anyone that he can talk to dead people, because the dead have secrets, and there are people who might want those secrets. He tells his mother where the rings are, and she finds them in the closet. Jamie learns from Mona that she’d hidden her rings in a linen closet. Professor Burkett has been looking for his wife’s rings. This is not the first time he’s seen and spoken to a dead person, so it doesn’t bother him. Marty tells them that Mona has died, and Jamie realizes that he is seeing the dead Mona. Six-year-old Jamie and his mother encounter neighbors Marty Burkett and his wife, Mona, in the hallway. For the adult Jamie, his story is from the perspective of later.Īdult Jamie begins his story on the day his mother, Tia, finally starts to believe in his ability to speak to the dead. The narrator-adult Jamie Conklin-opens the novel by apologizing for the frequent use of the word “later,” but he can’t help it because he’s telling a story that began when he was young. It also conflates mental health conditions with criminal acts and supernatural possession. This guide is based on the 2021 Hard Case Crime print edition.Ĭontent Warning: Later mentions incest, a death by suicide, a suicide attempt, and child death. As of 2023, Later is slated to become a television series by Blumhouse. He’s written 9 of the screen adaptations himself and made cameos and voice appearances in 11 movies, including one in which he played himself. His novels and short stories have been made into 39 films (with another 16 planned as of 2022) and 13 television series (with 7 more being planned). He has written over 80 novels, in addition to 20 novellas, over 120 short stories, and 5 nonfiction books. King has won more than 30 awards for his fiction.
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