Mr. Mercedes - Bill Hodges : Volume 1

Zusatztext “. . . barrels toward a memorable conclusion. King’s work has almost always gotten lost in translation on the big screen! but his tense! propulsive! ultra-fast-paced climax here seems like it was written with the movie in mind.” Informationen zum Autor Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes Holly, Fairy Tale, Billy Summers, If It Bleeds, The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: End of Watch, Finders Keepers, and Mr. Mercedes (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and a television series streaming on Peacock). His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller. His epic works The Dark Tower, It, Pet Sematary, Doctor Sleep, and Firestarter are the basis for major motion pictures, with It now the highest-grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipient of the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.  Klappentext "One morning the unemployed of varied ages and desperation have lined up through the cold night outside a job fair, when a lone killer plows through the crowd in a stolen Mercedes. Eight are killed; Fifteen are wounded. Only a retired cop haunted by the unsolved killings, along with a couple of unlikely allies, can apprehend the killer in this race against time. Because the killer's next mission, will kill or maim hundreds, even thousands. King has long been prescient about the psycho-killers among us, and his depiction of here is both uncanny and chilling. This is masterful suspense. " Zusammenfassung Now an AT&T Audience Original Series WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL #1 New York Times bestseller! In a mega-stakes! high-suspense race against time! three of the most unlikely and winning heroes Stephen King has ever created try to stop a lone killer from blowing up thousands. In the frigid pre-dawn hours! in a distressed Midwestern city! hundreds of 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 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! hell-bent on preventing another tragedy. Brady Hartsfield lives with his alcoholic mother in the house where he was born. He loved the feel of death under the wheels of the Mercedes! and he wants that rush again. Only Bill Hodges! with a couple of highly unlikely allies! can apprehend the killer before he strikes again. And they have no time to lose! because Brady’s next mission! if it succeeds! will kill or maim thousands. Mr. Mercedes is a war between good and evil! from the master of suspense whose insight into the mind of this obsessed! insane killer is chilling and unforgettable. ...

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes the short story collection You Like It Darker, Holly, Fairy Tale, Billy Summers, If It Bleeds, The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: End of Watch, Finders Keepers, and Mr. Mercedes (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and a television series streaming on Peacock). His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller. His epic works The Dark Tower, It, Pet Sematary, Doctor Sleep, and Firestarter are the basis for major motion pictures, with It now the highest-grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipient of the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King. 

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Produktdetails

• Autoren: Stephen King
• Verlag: Simon & Schuster USA
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 01.06.2014
• EAN: 9781476754451
• ISBN: 978-1-4767-5445-1
• Seiten: 496
• Abmessung: 165 mm x 245 mm x 45 mm
• Serien: Bill Hodges; The Bill Hodges Trilogy; The Bill Hodges Trilogy; Bill-Hodges-Serie; Bill Hodges
• Thema: Belletristik > Spannung