Instead of handing the letter over to the police, Hodges decides to investigate the case himself. The killer tells Hodges how to contact him using an online chat room called Under Debbie’s Blue Umbrella. His depression lifts when he receives a letter from the killer, taunting him for his failure to close the case before retiring. Hodges is divorced, does not have a relationship with his adult daughter, and at times considers death by suicide. One year later, a recently retired detective named Bill Hodges is having a rough time with retirement: His whole identity was defined by his job, and he can’t see a future for himself without it. The driver kills eight people and wounds 12 more before escaping. Mercedes”) drives a Mercedes sedan into a crowd of unemployed people who are attending a job fair. In April 2009, a man who calls himself “The Mercedes Killer” (or “Mr. It takes place in 2009 and is narrated in the third-person past tense. The novel is divided into three parts, each of which comprises two or three long chapters.

This guide uses the 2015 paperback reprint edition published by Gallery Books.Ĭontent Warning: This guide contains incidents of mass violence, suicidal ideation, incest, child abuse, mental illness bias, and racism-including the use of racial slurs-which appear in the source text. Mercedes won the 2015 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel from the Mystery Writers of America and was the 2014 Goodreads choice for best mystery and thriller novel.Ī TV series based on the novel premiered in 2017. Mercedes is the first installment of the Bill Hodges trilogy and is followed by Finders Keepers (2015) and End of Watch (2016). Stephen King takes off on a nerve-shredding, pulse-pounding race against time ('Fort Worth Star-Telegram') with this acclaimed #1 bestselling thriller.Mr. The case goes unsolved and ex-cop Bill Hodges is out of hope when he gets a letter from a man who loved the feel of death under the Mercedes s wheelsīrady Hartsfield wants that rush again, but this time he s going big, with an attack that would take down thousands unless Hodges and two new unusual allies he picks up along the way can throw a wrench in Hartsfield s diabolical plans. Then the lone driver backs up, charges again, and speeds off, leaving eight dead and more wounded.

The stolen Mercedes emerges from the pre-dawn fog and plows through a crowd of men and women on line for a job fair in a distressed American city.

Mercedes 'is a rich, resonant, exceptionally readable accomplishment by a man who can write in whatever genre he chooses ('The Washington Post'). #1 'New York Times 'bestseller In a high-suspense race against time, three of the most unlikely heroes Stephen King has ever created try to stop a lone killer from blowing up thousands. WINNER OF THE 2015 EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL

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