"Mr. Mercedes," a gripping thriller by Stephen King, follows ex-cop Bill Hodges as he receives a chilling letter from a killer, Brady Hartsfield, who aims to commit mass murder. Joined by two unlikely allies, Hodges races against time to stop Hartsfield's deadly plan. This Edgar Award-winning novel is a suspenseful page-turner.
Bill Hodges Trilogy Series
This masterful series expertly blends thrilling detective work with supernatural elements and psychological horror. Follow a retired detective drawn into a deadly game of cat and mouse with a cunning adversary. The relentless pursuit of a dangerous killer pushes the protagonist to his limits, blurring the lines between justice and obsession. Readers seeking gripping suspense and unexpected twists will be captivated by this compelling saga.
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A masterful, intensely suspenseful novel about a reader whose obsession with a reclusive writer goes far too far--a book about the power of storytelling, starring the same trio of unlikely and winning heroes King introduced in "Mr. Mercedes." "Wake up, genius." So begins King's instantly riveting story about a vengeful reader. The genius is John Rothstein, an iconic author who created a famous character, Jimmy Gold, but who hasn't published a book for decades. Morris Bellamy is livid, not just because Rothstein has stopped providing books, but because the nonconformist Jimmy Gold has sold out for a career in advertising. Morris kills Rothstein and empties his safe of cash, yes, but the real treasure is a trove of notebooks containing at least one more Gold novel. Morris hides the money and the notebooks, and then he is locked away for another crime. Decades later, a boy named Pete Saubers finds the treasure, and now it is Pete and his family that Bill Hodges, Holly Gibney, and Jerome Robinson must rescue from the ever-more deranged and vengeful Morris when he's released from prison after thirty-five years. Not since "Misery" has King played with the notion of a reader whose obsession with a writer gets dangerous. "Finders Keepers" is spectacular, heart-pounding suspense, but it is also King writing about how literature shapes a life--for good, for bad, forever.
End of watch
- 354 pages
- 13 hours of reading
A suspenseful closing volume. Brady Hartsfield, the Mercedes killer, returns to diabolically drive his victims to suicide in this last installment, starring the ever more winning Bill Hodges and Holly Gibney.