May, 2018: "Mr. Mercedes" by Stephen King
 | Author: Stephen King |
| Genre: Crime fiction | |
| Published: 2014 | |
| Pages: 408 | |
| Reading started: August 6th, 2018 | |
| Current progress: Page 408 of 408 (100%) | |
| Reading ended: September 4th, 2018. This book was successfully finished in 29 days. | |
| Final review score: 3.5 of 5 |
Description
StephenKing.com: Described as ’the best thriller of the year’ Sunday Express, the No. 1 bestseller introduces retired cop Bill Hodges in a race against time to apprehend a killer.
Winner of the 2014 Goodreads Award for Best Mystery, Thriller and Suspense and Edgar Award for best novel.
In the frigid pre-dawn hours, in a distressed Midwestern city, hundreds of desperate unemployed folks are lined up for a spot at a job fair. Without warning, a lone driver plows through the crowd in a stolen Mercedes, running over the innocent, backing up, and charging again. Eight people are killed; fifteen are wounded. The killer escapes.
Mr. Mercedes is a war between good and evil, from the master of suspense whose insight into the mind of this obsessed, insane killer is chilling and unforgettable.
A cat-and-mouse suspense thriller featuring Bill Hodges, a retired cop who is tormented by ’the Mercedes massacre’, a case he never solved.
Brady Hartsfield, perpetrator of that notorious crime, has sent Hodges a taunting letter. Now he’s preparing to kill again.
Each starts to close in on the other in a mega-stakes race against time.
