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". And they have no time to lose, because Brady's next mission, if it succeeds, will kill or maim thousands. Only Bill Hodges, with a couple of highly unlikely allies, can apprehend the killer before he strikes again. He loved the feel of death under the wheels of the Mercedes, and he wants that rush again. Brady Hartfield lives with his alcoholic mother in the house where he was born. When he gets a crazed letter from someone who self-identifies as the "perk" and threatens an even more diabolical attack, Hodges wakes up from his depressed and vacant retirement, hell-bent on preventing another tragedy. In another part of town, months later, a retired cop named Bill Hodges is still haunted by the unsolved crime. Eight people are killed fifteen are wounded. Without warning, a lone driver plows through the crowd in a stolen Mercedes, running over the innocent, backing up, and charging again. 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. This has been my favourite Stephen King book that I have read so I highly enjoyed the book.Įnd message: Fantastic mystery book for all Stephen King fans."In a mega-stakes, high-suspense race against time, three of the most unlikely and winning heroes Stephen King has ever created try to stop a lone killer from blowing up thousands. For an overall book I would give this book a 9 out of ten as it had some unnecessary detail that I personally didn’t think was required in the story but was still put in. Overall for a mystery book I would give this book a 9 and a half out of 10. I would recommend this book for people who are 14+ years old as this book gets very disturbing and graphic in some sections. Just to warn anyone who is squeamish, this book gets very gorey and brutal in some parts of the story. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves mystery and Stephen King. The book was gritty and the way everything added up in the end satisfied and supremely surprised me. The mystery and suspense had an unexpected effect on me, after not picking up a book for the summer I was pleased and surprised with my first book I have read by Stephen King. After I picked it up it was impossible to put down again. The blood splattered car was soon found the next morning. He bleached all of his DNA so no evidence was left behind. Mercedes case happened when a man driving a stolen Mercedes Benz drove into a crowd of people at a job fair in the morning. It follows the story of a retired detective, Kermit Hodges, who retired after not being able to solve the mysterious case of the crazed killer Mr. It is the first book in the Hodges’ trilogy. Mercedes is a horror thriller story written by Stephen King.
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