The Two Dead Girls
Stephen King's The Two Dead Girls (1996) is a horror novella. The story is set in Cold Mountain penitentiary and Green Mile, in 1932. It features Paul Edgecombe and John Coffey. Key subjects include death row inmates, prisons, executions and executioners and jails.
Open Library readers give it an average of 3.8 out of 5 from 17 ratings, and 194 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 13 editions.
It runs to roughly 92 pages — about an hour and a half of reading at an average pace.
About The Two Dead Girls
[The Green Mile](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL81629W/The_Green_Mile) #1 The story is told by former prison guard, Paul Edgecombe, of events in Cold Mountain penitentiary during 1932 when an unusual inmate by the name of John Coffey is brought to the prison. He and his fellow guards are assigned to watch inmates on death row, known as The Green Mile. John Coffey has been convicted of murdering two young girls and sentenced to death but there's something about him that makes Paul question whether this man could have committed that crime.
Quick answers
Who wrote The Two Dead Girls?
The Two Dead Girls was written by Stephen King and first published in 1996.
What genre is The Two Dead Girls?
It is usually shelved as Horror.
How long is The Two Dead Girls?
The median edition has 92 pages, about about an hour and a half of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to The Two Dead Girls?
Readers who like it often enjoy Coraline, Breaking Dawn and City of Bones.
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