Edgar Award Best Novel Winner
Mr. Mercedes
by Stephen King
Summary
Retired detective Bill Hodges is drawn back into pursuit when the killer who drove a stolen Mercedes into a crowd of job seekers begins taunting him by mail. King trades supernatural horror for a tense cat and mouse thriller, building dread around an ordinary suburban psychopath named Brady Hartsfield. The book launched the Bill Hodges trilogy and showed King working confidently in the crime genre.
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Historical Context & Significance
Mr. Mercedes won the 2015 Edgar Award for Best Novel, a rare crime genre honor for Stephen King, and was adapted into a television series.