Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King

Description

Mr. Mercedes is a novel by American writer Stephen King. He calls it his first hard-boiled detective book. It was published on June 3, 2014. On June 10, 2014, the author described Mr. Mercedes as the first volume of a projected trilogy, to be followed in the first half of 2015 by Finders Keepers, and End of Watch in 2016.

The novel, Mr. Mercedes won the 2015 Edgar Award for 'Best Novel' from the Mystery Writers of America and Goodreads Choice Awards for 2014 in the 'Mystery and Thriller' category. King's interest in crime fiction was evident from his all finished novels but this is the most straight-up mystery-thriller of his career. In a mega-stakes, high-suspense race against time, three of the most unlikely and winning heroes Stephen King has ever created try to stop a lone killer from blowing up thousands.

Retired Detective Bill Hodges is overweight, directionless, and toying with the idea of ending it all when he receives a jeering letter from the Mercedes Killer, who ran down 23 people with the stolen car but evaded Hodges's capture. With the help of a 17-year-old neighbor and one victim's sister, in proper gumshoe style, Hodges begins to play cat-and-mouse with the killer through a chat site called 'Under Debbie's Blue Umbrella'. Hodges' POV alternates with that the troubled murderers, a Norman Bates--like ice-cream truck driver named Brady Hartfield make mistakes, big ones, leaving this compelling, small-scale slugfest that plays out in Cheery Suburban setting. 

Mr. 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.

This exists outside of the usual Kingverse (Pennywise the Clown is referred to as fictive); add that to the atypical present-tense prose, and this feels pretty darn fresh, Big smashing climax, too. High-demand Backstory: no need to rev the engine here; this baby will rocket itself out of libraries with a loud sequela of the tires-Daniel Kraus

Adaptation

In January 2015, it was announced that Mr. Mercedes would be turned into a limited television series. David E. Kelley was slated to write the project and Jack Bender would direct. Kelly and Stephen King serve as executive producers. On October 10,2017, It was announced that the TV series Mr. Mercedes was renewed for season 2, which would conclude the story from the original Mr. Mercedes novel.

About the Author 

Stephen King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural, fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them are worldwide bestsellers, including seven under the pen name Richard Bachman. He has written approximately 200 short stories, most of which have been published in book collections.

His first crime thriller featuring Bill Hodges, Mr. Mercedes, won the Edgar Award for best novel and was shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger Award. Both Mr. Mercedes and End of Watch received the Goodreads Choice Award for the Best Mystery and Thriller of 2014 and 2016 respectively. 

His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by the New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller as well as the Best Hardcover Book Award from the International Thriller Writers Association. 

He co-wrote the bestselling novel Sleeping Beauties with his son Owen King, and many of King's books have been turned into celebrated films and television series including The Shawshank Redemption, Gerald's Game, and It.

Stephen King has been the recipient of many national and international awards to date. He has received America's prestigious 2003  National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters and 2014 National Medal of Arts. In 2007 he also won the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. He has been described as 'King of Horror' a play on his surname. King studied at the University of Maine, graduating in 1970 with a Bachelor of Arts in English. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.

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Series: The Bill Hodges Trilogy (Book 1)

Rating: 4.4/5

Author: Stephen king

Publisher: Scribner

Publishing Date: June 3,2014 (1st edition)

Edition Language: English

Genre: Suspense Thriller, Horror Literature & Fiction, Contemporary Literature & Fiction

ISBN-10: 1476754454

ISBN-13: 978-1476754451

Pages: 436

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