Mr Mercedes Stephen King Book Review

It is more vulgar than any book i have ever encountered.

Mr mercedes stephen king book review. King was channeling a quentin tarantino flick violence and vulgarity for shock value only. I suppose some really twisted minds get off on this. June 5 2014 halfway through mr. I really enjoyed mr mercedes.

Peacock drops new trailer for stephen king adaptation. Like many a tv detective before him hodges has one big case he never solved and can t quite let go of. Mercedes bill hodges trilogy 1 finders keepers bill hodges trilogy 2 end of watch bill hodges trilogy 3 and the bill hodges trilogy. 1 new york times bestseller.

It s a great addition to stephen king s canon which i would highly recommend to any fans but is also a fantastic standalone detective novel suitable as an introduction to king for those more faint hearted readers who aren t interested in the horror stories. It seems as if mr. Mr mercedes is dedicated to the memory of james m cain and contains passing references to sherlock holmes and raymond chandler. New york ap one of stephen king s most creepy and tense stories was hiding in plain sight.

Mercedes started life in 2017 as a broadcast offering on the at t owned directv. Mercedes billed as stephen king s first hard boiled detective novel a fedora makes an appearance. By stephen king release date. Mercedes after a few chapters.

3 primary works 4 total works. I ve loved stephen king s novels for decades but i deleted mr. It s a winking gift to the retired cop hero bill hodges from. For him it s the man who stole a mercedes and then deliberately plowed into a group of people waiting for a job fair to start killing 16 and injuring dozens more.

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. 3 97 239956 ratings 16708 reviews published 2014 155 editions 1 new. Mercedes from the bill hodges trilogy series vol.