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 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. 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 ). But as this season goes, that starts to be debunked.Now an AT&T Audience Original Series WINNER OF THE 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. He used Rothstein’s writing as a template for what a man should be. He wanted to work in the real world, where real things happen, where real men operate. He wasn’t coming to America for the bright lights. There’s a line where Hodges says that Rothstein’s America felt real, so he wanted to start there.

There’s a certain amount of Old West going on, but also a certain cynicism and modernity about it. So what he got from Rothstein was the idea of a man, in the lack of a paternal influence. His father didn’t feature, for whatever reason. It always felt like he and his mother were close. And one of the things was the fatherly influence. Mercedes (Bill Hodges Series 1) by Stephen King 4.2 (389) eBook 9.99 Hardcover 26.99 Paperback 16.98 eBook 9.99 Audiobook 0.00 Audio MP3 on CD 14.99 View All Available Formats & Editions Instant Purchase Available on Compatible NOOK Devices and the free NOOK Apps. It meant I could go back into a backstory in my own culture, which was easier than pretending to have played softball, if you know what I mean. “A lot of all-American guys weren’t born here, that’s just the way it is. After seeing different people here who all had different accents but were Americans, it became less of an issue to me,” Gleeson says. “We took Bill Hodges as an all-American guy and turned him into somebody who started off in Ireland and became an all-American guy.

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