Later by Stephen King, NewSouth
A bite-sized Stephen King chiller, but with a huge heart. One of the writers contributing to a new version of the classic Hard Case Crime paperback books, each features a vintage ’60s cover. This one shows literary agent Tia Conklin and her son, Jamie, eight, the boy who can talk to the dead. When Tia’s client Regis Thomas dies before finishing the latest in a bestselling saga, Jamie gets drawn into a dangerous plot. Tia wants Jamie to extract the book’s outline and ending from the late author, so she can finish the manuscript in his name, pocket his advance and keep her cut. Jamie’s ability to communicate with the deceased only lasts a week, and the dead cannot lie. Narrated in retrospect by Jamie later, at 22 years old.