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#1 New York Times 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. ??Mr. Mercedes is a rich?? resonant?? exceptionally readable accomplishment by a man who can write in whatever genre he chooses?? (The Washington Post).
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.
In another part of town?? months later?? a retired cop named Bill Hodges is still ha