The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Necessary'. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Functional'. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Analytics'. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This review uses an affiliate link which I may receive a small commission from if you purchase through the link.Ĭlick here to read more reviews of books by Stephen King Available to buy from Amazon here.ĭISCLOSURE: I was provided with a free copy of this book for the purposes of writing a honest and impartial review. RRP: £20 (Hardback) / £8.99 (Paperback) / £5.99 (Kindle)įor more information, visit. This is the first book in the Bill Hodges trilogy and I loved it, so I will have to get the second instalment Finders Keepers. While not one of the best stories he has ever written I found it to be extremely enjoyable and was unable to put it down.

While is a different genre than I usually enjoy from Mr King it was a riveting story filled with tension and suspense. Overall, Mr Mercedes is an excellent non-stop riveting crime thriller featuring an unlikely bunch of heroes with none of the paranormal you expect from Stephen King (although there is a reference to his classic IT).

Meanwhile Mr Mercedes is already planning his next mass murder and it is up to Hodges and his misfit friends (a teenage schoolboy and a woman with mental health issues) to stop him before he can kill thousands. The letter is goading Hodges to kill himself (he already has thoughts of suicide) but all it does it perk his interest and his desire to catch the killer. Detective Hodges was the lead investigator on the Mercedes case and retired without ever coming case to finding a suspect.

Months later retired detective Bill Hodges, who has served 40 years in the police, receives a letter from the killer. The killer escapes with the police none the wiser to his identity. 8 are killed including a baby and 15 are injured. Mr Mercedes starts with a stolen Mercedes driving into a crowd of early morning job-seekers waiting for a job fair to open. From a teenager I have loved reading novels by Stephen King (all except the Dark Tower series) and Mr Mercedes is a superb cat-and-mouse thriller, rather than the horror stories he is probably most famous for writing.

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