Having read most of Stephen King's works, I felt that this is one of his better books...not quite as good as "The Stand", but almost. I liked the fact that he was not as gruesome in this book as he has been in some of his others. Once he started developing his ghosts' characters, the book was more interesting. As always, King is a little too wordy. I read "Rebecca" after this book and it was fun to draw comparisons in suspense development. This book has one of King's better plot developments. I can see why it won the Edgar Award.