The Outsider by Stephen King
"The world is insane, but he didn't do it. He has an alibi as strong as the S on Superman's chest." "Why did they arrest him, then?" "Because they believe they have proof as strong as the S on Superman's chest." When a boy is found mauled and molested (and dead, in case that wasn't very clear) in a small town in Oklahoma, the overwhelming evidence points with big flashing arrows to Terry Maitland, beloved husband and father of two, English Teacher and Little League coach. Detective Anderson then decides to arrest him very publicly, before interrogating him, in the middle of a baseball game, in front of thousands of people, as an attempt to humiliate him. Anderson had a solid case but Terry had a strong alibi which will lead to an investigation on a path towards the supernatural and will impugn the detective's very beliefs about the universe (and the capacity of a person to be in two places at once). I can say with cer...