1st Edition. Mr. Mercedes, Stephen King's first hard-boiled detective novel, published in 2014, begins with a horrific event: a man, later known as "Mr. Mercedes," drives a stolen Mercedes into a crowd of job seekers, killing eight and injuring many more. A year later, retired detective Bill Hodges, haunted by his failure to solve the case, receives a taunting letter from the killer. This reignites his determination, leading him on a personal quest to catch the murderer, Brady Hartsfield, a disturbed young man with a second job driving an ice cream truck. The story unfolds as a cat-and-mouse game between Hodges and Hartsfield, culminating in a final confrontation that involves a planned mass-casualty event.

ISBN: 9781476754451