Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King

Mr. Mercedes

A Novel

Stephen King

Scribner · Print & ebook · June 3, 2014

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Who it’s for
A hard-edged crime thriller keeps the suspense tight and the stakes unusually high.
Themes
Unsolved murder investigation, Threat of mass violence, Unlikely allies
Pacing
Fast

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WINNER of the EDGAR AWARD for BEST NOVEL and #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 murdering thousands. “Mr. Mercedes is a rich, resonant, exceptionally readable accomplishment by a man who can write in whatever genre he chooses” (The Washington Post).

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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. Then the lone driver backs up, charges again, and speeds off, leaving eight dead and more wounded. 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 wheels… Brady 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. Stephen King takes off on a “nerve-shredding, pulse-pounding race against time” (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) with this acclaimed #1 bestselling thriller.

Crime Under Pressure

A hard-edged crime thriller keeps the suspense tight and the stakes unusually high.

Come here for

  • A race-against-time pulse with a grim edge
  • Stephen King in a crime-thriller register

Expect

  • A sustained, high-pressure thriller
  • A dark crime case with an escalating threat

Where it sits

Suspense46%
Police Procedurals33%
Crime Fiction30%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Police Procedurals
  • Suspense
  • Crime Fiction
Authors
Stephen King
Publisher
Scribner
Published
June 3, 2014
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Unsolved murder investigation · Threat of mass violence · Unlikely allies
Reading lane
Police Procedurals