Stephen King: From a Buick 8 (USA 2026)

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The #1 New York Times bestselling suspense thriller from Stephen King -- a novel about the fascination deadly things have for us and about our insistence on answers when there are none...

Since 1979, the state police of Troop D in rural Pennsylvania have kept a secret in the shed out behind the barracks. Ennis Rafferty and Curtis Wilcox had answered a strange call just down the road and came back with an abandoned 1953 Buick Roadmaster. Curt Wilcox knew old cars, and this one was... just wrong. As it turned out, the Buick 8 was worse than dangerous -- and the members of Troop D decided that it would be better if the public never found out about it.

Now, more than twenty years later, Curt's son Ned starts hanging around the barracks and is allowed into the Troop D family. And one day he discovers the family secret -- a mystery that begins to stir once more, not only in the minds and hearts of these veteran troopers, but out in the shed as well, for there's more power under the hood than anyone can handle...

Stephen King: From a Buick 8. A Novel. Scribner's, ISBN: 9781668234044 (July, 2026), 400 p., $20.00.

Stephen King: From a Buick 8 (USA 2017)

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"EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THE BUICK WAS A SHIMMER-MIRAGE, LIKE THE ONES YOU SEE ON I-87 WHEN IT'S HOT AND BRIGHT."
Since 1979, the state police of Troop D in rural Pennsylvania have kept a secret in the shed out behind the barracks. Ennis Rafferty and Curtis Wilcox had answered a strange call just down the road and came back with an abandoned 1953 Buick Roadmaster. Curt Wilcox knew old cars, and this one was... just wrong. As it turned out, the Buick 8 was worse than dangerous -- and the members of Troop D decided that it would be better if the public never found out about it. Now, more than twenty years later, Curt's son Ned starts hanging around the barracks and is allowed into the Troop D family. And one day he discovers the family secret -- a mystery that begins to stir once more, not only in the minds and hearts of these veteran troopers but out in the shed as well, for there's more power under the hood than anyone can handle... .

"[KING] LOVES TELLING STORIES, KNOWS EVERY TRICK... AND CONTINUES TO REDEFINE HIS DEFINITION OF HORROR." -- THE NEW YORK TIMES
"GOES DOWN LIKE A SHOT OF MOONSHINE, HOT AND CLEAN... NEARLY FLAWLESS -- AND ONE TERRIFIC ENTERTAINMENT." -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (STARRED REVIEW)
"AMERICA'S GREATEST LIVING NOVELIST." -- LEE CHILD

Stephen King: From a Buick 8. A Novel. Gallery Books, ISBN: 9781501192197 (November, 2017), 394 p., $17.00.

Stephen King: From a Buick 8 (UK 2011)

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There is a reason why Stephen King is one of the bestselling writers in the world, ever. Described by the Daily Mail as 'blessed with an apparently inexhaustible imagination and talent for storytelling', King knows how to write stories that draw you in and are impossible to put down.

There is a secret hidden in Shed B in the state police barracks in Statler, Pennsylvania. A secret that has drawn troopers for years to look at its chrome fenders, silver grille and exotic exhaust system. Come close, children, and see the living crocodile: a vintage '54 Buick Roadmaster.

Young Ned Wilcox has started coming by the barracks: mowing the lawn, washing the windows, shovelling snow; it's the boy's way of holding on to his father's memory.

And one day Ned peers through the windows of Shed B and discovers the family secret. Like his father, Ned wants answers. He deserves answers. And the secret begins to stir...

'One of his freshest and most original books... a beautiful excursion into new narrative territory, showing an accomplished storyteller... a portal into King's incredible imagination' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

Stephen King: From a Buick 8. Hodder Paperbacks, ISBN: 9781444708110 (October, 2011), 478 p., £7.99.

Stephen King: From a Buick 8 (USA 2003)

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WANT TO GO FOR A RIDE...?
In a secret shed behind the barracks of the Pennsylvania State Police, Troop D, there's a cherry Buick Roadmaster no one has touched in years -- because there's more power under the hood than anyone can handle...

"FROM A BUICK 8 is vintage King... . [He] knows how to jolt his readers."

Stephen King: From a Buick 8. Pocket Books, ISBN: 0743417682 (December, 2003), 487 p., $7.99.

Stephen King: From a Buick 8 (USA 2002)

From the Publisher:
The state police of Troop D in rural Pennsylvania have kept a secret in Shed B out back of the barracks ever since 1979, when Troopers Ennis Rafferty and Curtis Wilcox answered a call from a gas station just down the road and came back with an abandoned Buick Roadmaster. Curt Wilcox knew old cars, and he knew immediately that this one was...wrong, just wrong. A few hours later, when Rafferty vanished, Wilcox and his fellow troopers knew the car was worse than dangerous -- and that it would be better if John Q. Public never found out about it.

Curt's avid curiosity taking the lead, they investigated as best they could, as much as they dared. Over the years the troop absorbed the mystery as part of the background to their work, the Buick 8 sitting out there like a still life painting that breathes -- inhaling a little bit of this world, exhaling a little bit of whatever world it came from.

In the fall of 2001, a few months after Curt Wilcox is killed in a gruesome auto accident, his 18-year-old boy Ned starts coming by the barracks, mowing the lawn, washing windows, shoveling snow. Sandy Dearborn, Sergeant Commanding, knows it's the boy's way of holding onto his father, and Ned is allowed to become part of the Troop D family. One day he looks in the window of Shed B and discovers the family secret. Like his father, Ned wants answers, and the secret begins to stir, not only in the minds and hearts of the veteran troopers who surround him, but in Shed B as well...

From a Buick 8 is a novel about our fascination with deadly things, about our insistence on answers when there are none, about terror and courage in the face of the unknowable.

Stephen King: From a Buick 8. Scribner's, ISBN: 0743211375 (September, 2002), 356 p., $28.00.

Stephen King: From a Buick 8 (UK 2002)

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Come close, children, and see the living crocodile. A vintage '54 blue Buick Roadmaster. At least, that's what it looks like...
There is a terrifying secret shrouded in Shed B out the back of the state police barracks in Statler, Pennsylvania. A secret which lures its victims, terrified yet irresistibly tempted, to look at its beautiful chrome fenders, silver grille and exotic exhaust system. None of which works. Because the power of the Buick 8 is not turbocharged or fuel-injected.

For twenty years, the Buick has lured curious officers to watch its terrifying displays - from blinding light-shows to feeding time. Come take a look. Because the Buick is a conduit to a world beyond.

Young Ned Wilcox will be next. Ned has started coming by the barracks: mowing the lawn, washing the windows, shovelling snow. It's the boy's way of holding on to his father - recently killed in a strange road accident by another Buick.

And Ned can feel it pulling him,
whispering for him to come
in and take a look.
And so he peers through the windows of Shed B and discovers the family secret.
And like his father, Ned wants answers. He deserves answers. And the secret begins to stir...

From a Buick 8 will suck you into the powerful force of the imagination of the world's bestselling writer. It is a riveting and moving novel about the fascination deadly things have for us. About our need to map out the road ahead and make the pieces of the jigsaw fit. It is about the chains we forge - that can hold us captive, or set us free.

Stephen King: From a Buick 8. Hodder & Stoughton, ISBN: 0340770694 (August, 2002), 404 p., £17.99.