Mr. Mercedes: A Novel Stephen King

NewYorkTimesbestseller!Inahigh-suspenseraceagainsttime,threeofthemostunlikelyheroesStephenKinghasevercreatedtrytostopalonekillerfromblowingupthousands.“Mr.Mercedesisarich,resonant,exceptionallyreadableaccomplishmentbyamanwhocanwriteinwhatevergenrehechooses”(TheWashingtonPost).Inthefrigidpre-dawnhours,inadistressedMidwesterncity,desperateunemployedfolksarelinedupforaspotatajobfair.Withoutwarning,alonedriverplowsthroughthecrowdinastolenMercedes,runningovertheinnocent,backingup,andchargingagain.Eightpeoplearekilled;fifteenarewounded.Thekillerescapes.Inanotherpartoftown,monthslater,aretiredcopnamedBillHodgesisstillhauntedbytheunsolvedcrime.Whenhegetsacrazedletterfromsomeonewhoself-identifiesasthe“perk”andthreatensanevenmorediabolicalattack,Hodgeswakesupfromhisdepressedandvacantretirement,hell-bentonpreventinganothertragedy.BradyHartsfieldliveswithhisalcoholicmotherinthehousewherehewasborn.HelovedthefeelofdeathunderthewheelsoftheMercedes,andhewantsthatrushagain.OnlyBillHodges,withtwonew,unusualallies,canapprehendthekillerbeforehestrikesagain.Andtheyhavenotimetolose,becauseBrady’snextmission,ifitsucceeds,willkillormaimthousands.Mr.Mercedesisawarbetweengoodandevil,fromthemasterofsuspensewhoseinsightintothemindofthisobsessed,insanekillerischillingandunforgettable