“Dead people never look more dead than in police photos.”
Has he found a way to keep killing without leaving his room? And if so, how can anyone stop him? But is Brady still impaired? There have been some rumors on the ward that he might be faking, that strange things have been happening around him. Mercedes- aka Brady Hartsfield- at the brain injury ward of the local hospital.
Though the police don’t want to look further into these new deaths, some strange clues lead Hodges back to Mr. One of the deceased was also a victim of the Mercedes Massacre (an intentional hit and run at a job fair), a case Hodges helped close. In the novel, Hodges’s old partner on the police force calls Hodges in on a case that looks like a standard murder/suicide. All in all, I see End of Watch as a fair conclusion to the series, though it failed to live up to the promising start of the trilogy for me. It should all be spoiler-free, except any characters mentioned at this point have obviously survived books 1 and 2, etc. Mercedes and Finders Keepers, though I’ll also do a small series wrap-up below.
For more thoughts on the trilogy, you can check out my full reviews of the previous books, Mr. CW: suicide, murder, gaslighting, racism, homophobia, fatphobia, cruelty to hospital patient, cancerĪlmost a year after I started, I have finally finished reading the Bill Hodges trilogy, which concludes with End of Watch by Stephen King.
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