In a mega-stakes, high-suspense race against time, three of the most unlikely an
d winning heroes Stephen King has ever created try to stop a lone killer from bl
owing up thousands. In the frigid pre-dawn hours, in a distressed Midwestern cit
y, 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, ru
nning over the innocent, backing up, and charging again.
Eight people are kille
d; fifteen are wounded. The killer escapes. In another part of town, months late
r, a retired cop named Bill Hodges is still haunted by the unsolved crime.
When
he gets a crazed letter from someone who self-identifies as the "perk" and thre
atens an even more diabolical attack, Hodges wakes up from his depressed and vac
ant retirement, hell-bent on preventing another tragedy. Brady Hartsfield lives
with his alcoholic mother in the house where he was born. He loved the feel of d
eath under the wheels of the Mercedes, and he wants that rush again.
Only Bil
l Hodges, with a couple of highly unlikely allies, can apprehend the killer befo
re he strikes again. And they have no time to lose, because Brady's next mission
, if it succeeds, will kill or maim thousands. "Mr. Mercedes" is a war between g
ood and evil, from the master of suspense whose insight into the mind of this ob
sessed, insane killer is chilling and unforgettable.
