Read !Book Mr. Mercedes: A Novel (The Bill Hodge

#1 <i>New York Times </i>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. “<i>Mr. Mercedes</i> is a rich, resonant, exceptionally readable accomplishment by a man who can write in whatever genre he chooses” (<i>The Washington Post</i>).<br /><br />In the frigid pre-dawn hours, in a distressed Midwestern city, 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.<br /><br /> In another part of town, months later, 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 threatens an even more diabolical attack, Hodges wakes up from his depressed and vacant retirement,