The Resource Mr. Mercedes : a novel, Stephen King
Mr. Mercedes : a novel, Stephen King
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The item Mr. Mercedes : a novel, Stephen King represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item Mr. Mercedes : a novel, Stephen King represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
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- Summary
- "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 Hartfield 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"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 437 pages
- Isbn
- 9781476754475
- Label
- Mr. Mercedes : a novel
- Title
- Mr. Mercedes
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Stephen King
- Title variation
- Mister Mercedes
- Subject
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- FICTION / Horror
- Mercedes automobiles
- trueLetter writing
- Suspense fiction
- FICTION / General
- trueRetirees
- Mercedes automobiles -- Fiction
- trueMercedes automobile
- Roman
- trueMass murder
- trueMiddle West
- Serial murderers
- Amerikanisches Englisch
- trueFormer police
- trueAdult books for young adults
- Thriller
- trueThrillers and suspense
- trueDeath threats
- truePsychopaths
- Serial murderers -- Fiction
- trueMass murderers
- FICTION / Suspense
- Fiction
- Horror fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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 Hartfield 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"--
- Summary
- "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 Hartfield 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"--
- Award
-
- Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel, 2015.
- Goodreads Choice Award, 2014.
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10307627
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1947-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- King, Stephen
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- Bill Hodges novels
- Series volume
- 0001
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Mercedes automobiles
- Serial murderers
- FICTION / General
- FICTION / Horror
- FICTION / Suspense
- Mercedes automobiles
- Serial murderers
- Thriller
- Roman
- Amerikanisches Englisch
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Mr. Mercedes : a novel, Stephen King
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn865452311
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 437 pages
- Isbn
- 9781476754475
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Lccn
- 2013046172
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
- 40023906067
- System control number
- (OCoLC)865452311
- Label
- Mr. Mercedes : a novel, Stephen King
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn865452311
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 437 pages
- Isbn
- 9781476754475
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Lccn
- 2013046172
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 40023906067
- System control number
- (OCoLC)865452311
Subject
- trueAdult books for young adults
- Amerikanisches Englisch
- trueDeath threats
- FICTION / General
- FICTION / Horror
- FICTION / Suspense
- Fiction
- trueFormer police
- Horror fiction
- trueLetter writing
- trueMass murder
- trueMass murderers
- trueMercedes automobile
- Mercedes automobiles
- Mercedes automobiles -- Fiction
- trueMiddle West
- truePsychopaths
- trueRetirees
- Roman
- Serial murderers
- Serial murderers -- Fiction
- Suspense fiction
- Thriller
- trueThrillers and suspense
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