WINNER OF THE 2015 EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL #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.
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..
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And they have no time to lose, because Brady\'s next mission, if it succeeds, will kill or maim thousands.
Only Bill Hodges, with two new, unusual 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 Hartsfield 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.
The killer escapes.
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, desperate unemployed folks are lined up for a spot at a job fair.
Mercedes is a rich, resonant, exceptionally readable accomplishment by a man who can write in whatever genre he chooses" (The Washington Post). "Mr.
WINNER OF THE 2015 EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL #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
