There is a reason why Stephen King is one of the bestselling writers in the world, ever. Described by Robert McCrum in the Observer as a sophisticated literary craftsman whose work anatomises, with folksy charm, the social fabric of smalltown American life, Stephen King knows how to write stories that draw you in and are impossible to put down.

When Edgar Freemantle moves to the remote islad of Duma Key to escape his past, he doesn't expect to find much there. But Duma has been waiting for him. The Shells beneath his house are whispering to him, and something in the view from his window urges him to discover a talent he never henw he had.