History Literature / EndOfWatch

By all accounts, Brady Hartsfield is nonfunctional - while no longer completely comatose, he's barely able to communicate or move. However, his mind is ''far'' more active than he lets on, and he has sinister plans to finish the work he started in ''Mr. Mercedes'' and get revenge on the meddlesome cop who ruined his life.

Preceded by ''Literature/MrMercedes'' and ''Literature/FindersKeepers'' [[spoiler: and followed by ''Literature/TheOutsider2018'']].

* NinetyPercentOfYourBrain: Holly theorizes that this might be the source of Brady's sudden telepathic abilities, and that she probably unlocked this dormant 90% of his brain when she bashed his skull with the Happy Slapper.

* GenreShift: Compared to the previous two books. ''Literature/MrMercedes'' and ''Literature/FindersKeepers'' were both fairly grounded in reality, with no supernatural elements. This book however introduces telepathy, and the powers that come with it. This trend continues [[spoiler:in ''Literature/TheOutsider'', which features an EldritchAbomination.]]

Preceded by ''Literature/MrMercedes'' and ''Literature/FindersKeepers'' [[spoiler: and followed by ''Literature/TheOutsider'']].

Preceded by ''Literature/MrMercedes'' and ''Literature/FindersKeepers'' [[spoiler: and followed by ''Literature/TheOutsider]].

Preceded by ''Literature/MrMercedes'' and ''Literature/FindersKeepers''.

* BuryYourGays: {{Subverted}} with almost hilarious ceremony. Thanks to a combination of [[PocketProtector stuffed pockets]] and pure, insane coincidence, out-and-proud lesbian [[spoiler:Freddi Linklatter]] survives to the end of the story despite [[spoiler: being shot point-blank in the chest by Brady]].
** Played straight however with one of Brady's suicide victims, who was a gay boy frowned upon by his father.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:Brady, surprisingly]], feels some regret towards having to [[spoiler: destroy Dr. Babineau's core consciousness when he permanently takes over the latters body]], comparing it to ISIS destroying ancient and irriplacable monuments.

* BuryYourGays: {{Subverted}} with almost hilarious ceremony. Thanks to a combination of [[PocketProtector stuffed pockets]] and pure, insane coincidence, out-and-proud lesbian [[spoiler: Freddi Linklatter]] survives to the end of the story despite [[spoiler: being shot point-blank in the chest by Brady]].
* CarFu: [[spoiler: Or rather, Snowplow Fu. Turns out Brady was right all along: payback really is a bitch.]]
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: Hartsfield dies, and fittingly enough, perhaps one of the most gruesome deaths in King's mythos: suicide after being functionally torn in half by a snowplow.]]

* GrandTheftMe: [[spoiler:Brady]] gains the ability to project his consciousness into other people who are in a hypnotic trance. What causes this is never made clear, but it's implied to be a side effect of [[spoiler:the experimental drug Babineau was working on]].
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Brady Hartsfield, whose career as a serial killer began with with a gruesome vehicular massacre and ended with a telepathically-induced suicide epidemic, is [[LeaveBehindAPistol forced to kill himself]] after being crushed beneath a snowplow.]]

* YourDaysAreNumbered: [[spoiler:Hodges]] has extremely advanced cancer, and is given only a year or two at best. [[spoiler:He is beginning treatment at the start of the epilogue, but dies roughly eight months later.]]

* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Brady Hartsfield, whose career as a serial killer began with with a gruesome vehicular massacre and ended with a telepathically-induced suicide epidemic, is [[LeaveBehindAGun forced to kill himself]] after being crushed beneath a snowplow.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Brady is finally defeated once and for all and dies at his own hand, but Hodges succumbs to his cancer during a TimeSkip in the epilogue.]]

* PocketProtector: An absurd combination of layers of clothes and objects in her breast pocket saves [[spoiler:Freddi]] when [[spoiler:she's shot by the Brady-possessed Babineau]].

''End of Watch'' is a 2016 DetectiveFiction[=/=]{{horror}} novel by Creator/StephenKing, and is the final book in the trilogy (''Literature/MrMercedes'', ''Literature/FindersKeepers'') centering around mass murderer Brady Hartsfield and retired detective Bill Hodges.

By all accounts, Brady Hartsfield is nonfunctional - while no longer completely comatose, he's barely able to communicate or move. However, his mind is ''far'' more active than he lets on, and when he discovers a terrible new ability, he sets in motion plans to finish the work he started in ''Mr. Mercedes'' and get revenge on the meddlesome cop who ruined his life.

''End of Watch'' is a 2016 CrimeDrama/{{horror}} novel by Creator/StephenKing, and is the final book in the trilogy (''Literature/MrMercedes'', ''Literature/FindersKeepers'') centering around mass murderer Brady Hartsfield and retired detective Bill Hodges.

* {{Gaslighting}}: Happens to the unfortunate people who have the [[spoiler:rigged Zappit games, as Brady can project himself into their minds through the Fishing Hole demo and convince them to kill themselves]].

By all accounts, Brady Hartsfield is nonfunctional - while no longer completely comatose, he's barely able to communicate or move and

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Hartsfield is finally defeated once and for all and dies at his own hand, but Hodges succumbs to his cancer during a TimeSkip in the epilogue.]]

* GrandTheftMe: [[spoiler:Hartsfield]] gains the ability to project his consciousness into other people who are in a hypnotic trance. What causes this is never made clear, but it's implied to be a side effect of [[spoiler:the experimental drug Babineau was working on]].

* MindRape: [[spoiler:Al Brooks and Dr. Babineau]] have their minds corrupted and eventually overwritten by [[spoiler:Hartsfield]].
* PocketProtector: An absurd combination of layers of clothes and objects in her pocket saves [[spoiler:Freddi]] when [[spoiler:she's shot by the Hartsfield-possessed Babineau]].

* MindRape: [[spoiler:Al Brooks and Dr. Babineau]] have their minds corrupted and eventually completely overwritten by [[spoiler:Hartsfield]].