Why arrest Terry Mailtlin in front of his children and one thousand of his town folk? Accuse him of a brutal crime without questioning him? If the police did their job they would have realized that he was out of the state when the crime happened. I read the book 3 out of 5 stars. Stephen King's books are like a long brisk walk. Are we walking the Appalachian Trail? The book is verbose and it didn't stick the ending