Later is a crime/horror novel written by American author Stephen King, published on March 2, 2021, by Hard Case Crime.

[2] The story is told in first person perspective using Jamie Conklin as the protagonist, who has the ability to see the ghosts of dead people.

[3] Set in the late 2000s and early 2010s, Later is narrated by Jamie Conklin, a young boy living with his single mother, Tia, in New York City.

His uncle Harry (Tia's older brother) lives in a care home due to having early onset Alzheimer's disease.

When Regis suddenly drops dead before finishing his final book, Tia fears her agency will face bankruptcy.

She and Liz drive Jamie out to Regis' house, where he talks to the deceased author's ghost and tells his mother the plot of the final book.

After finishing the final book, Tia publishes it to massive success and the Conklins earn much of their lost money back.

Desperate to not lose her job with the NYPD, she has him use his abilities to thwart the plot of serial bomber Kenneth Therriault, who has committed suicide after planting one final bomb somewhere in the city.

She forcibly takes Jamie to the mansion of Donald Marsden, a drug kingpin, who is hiding what Liz believes to be a giant supply of Oxycontin pills.