Mr Mercedes
A crime thriller from the No. 1 bestseller
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Mr Mercedes is Stephen King's incredible crime thriller featuring Bill Hodges and introducing Holly Gibney.
Who is going to be the fish in this relationship, and who is going to be the fisherman?
BILL HODGES
retired cop, tormented by 'the Mercedes massacre', a case he never solved.
BRADY HARTSFIELD
perpetrator of that notorious crime, and preparing to kill again.
Now each is closing in on the other in a mega-stakes race against time from worldwide bestselling master of suspense, Stephen King.
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King's latest foray into suspense is a no-holds-barred cat-and-mouse contest between ex-cop Bill Hodges and Brady Hartsfield, a nerdy, mama's boy who is also a mass murderer. The two combatants are connected by a homicidal hit-and-run that occurred months before, when Hartsfield purposely steered his stolen Mercedes sedan into a crowd of the unemployed waiting in line for the opening of a job fair. Hartsfield begins to stalk the ex-cop, and sends Hodges a taunting letter. Actor Patton (TNT's Falling Skies) not only finds the right voices for protagonist and antagonist, but he matches their many mood swings. As Hodges undergoes the moments of elation and travail King has in store for him (the joy of an unexpected romance, the death of a close friend), Patton finds the perfect tone for him. As for Hartsfield, it's a matter of making him sound like a normal, likeable fellow to his coworkers at an electronics store, but a passive-aggressive monster when conversing with the ex-detective and a full-out lunatic when thinking or talking to himself. Patton's performing skills are equally impressive for the supporting cast, from Hodges's elegant and bright new girlfriend to Hartsfield's boozy, clueless mother. But it's his compelling interpretations of the two male leads King's avatars of good and evil that distinguish this riveting production. A Scribner hardcover.
Kundenrezensionen
Excellent thriller. One flaw...
Nice read, good pace.
Details are ok, but sometimes seem too forced.
The flaw one might easily miss, is that the Mercedes is supposed to be a 12 cylinder SL, yet is being referred to as an SL500.
There has never been a Mercedes SL500 with a V12.
Mercedes has always called their top of the line V8 models 500 or 550. V12 models get at least a 600 in their title. Meaning the car from the book, if it has a V12 should have been referred to as SL600 (S600 l, depending on the model the author had in mind, which is kind of unclear)
As a Mercedes enthusiast, I find this kind of inaccuracy very bothersome.