Mr. Mercedes

by Stephen King

My rating: 5 out of 5 stars Michael Harley · read January 12, 2025

Bill Hodges Trilogy #1 · 496 pages · Hodder & Stoughton

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. Without warning, a lone driver plows through the crowd in a stolen Mercedes, running over the innocent, backing up, and charging again. Eight people are killed; fifteen are wounded. The killer escapes. In another part of town, months later, a retired co...

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