King's book, "Dolores Claiborne", is an award-winning thriller that tells the story of a housekeeper with a well-hidden secret from the past. When Vera Donovan is found dead at the bottom of the stairs, the police want to interrogate her housekeeper, Dolores Claiborne. Dolores has a confession to make, but it's not what the police expect as they listen to the story of her life, which necessarily goes back to an abusive marriage and the suspicious death of her husband in the community of Little Tall Island, Maine. Dolores Claiborne has a story to tell, and she invites readers to pay attention.