Mr. Mercedes

Resumen del libro

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.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;P ALIGN=JUSTIFY x{0026}lt;B Stephen Kingx{0026}lt;/B es autor de más de sesenta libros, todos ellos best sellers internacionales. Sus títulos más recientes son x{0026}lt;I Hollyx{0026}lt;/I ,x{0026}lt;I Cuento de Hadasx{0026}lt;/I ,x{0026}lt;I Billy Summersx{0026}lt;/I ,x{0026}lt;I Despuésx{0026}lt;/I ,x{0026}lt;I La sangre mandax{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I El Institutox{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I Elevaciónx{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I El visitantex{0026}lt;/I (cuya adaptación audiovisual se estrenó en HBO en enero de 2020), x{0026}lt;I La caja debotones de Gwendyx{0026}lt;/I (con Richard Chizmar), x{0026}lt;I Bellas durmientesx{0026}lt;/I (con su hijo Owen King), x{0026}lt;I El bazar de los malos sueñosx{0026}lt;/I , la trilogía Bill Hodges (x{0026}lt;I Mr. Mercedesx{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I Quien pierde pagax{0026}lt;/I y x{0026}lt;I Fin de guardiax{0026}lt;/I ), x{0026}lt;I Revivalx{0026}lt;/I y x{0026}lt;I Doctor Sueñox{0026}lt;/I . La novela x{0026}lt;I 22/11/63x{0026}lt;/I (convertida en serie de televisión en Hulu) fue elegida por x{0026}lt;I The New York Times Book Reviewx{0026}lt;/I como una de las diez mejores novelas de 2011 y por x{0026}lt;I Los Angeles Timesx{0026}lt;/I como la mejor novela de intriga del año. Los libros de la serie La Torre Oscura e x{0026}lt;I Itx{0026}lt;/I han sido adaptados al cine, así como gran parte de sus clásicos, desde x{0026}lt;I Miseryx{0026}lt;/I hasta x{0026}lt;I El resplandorx{0026}lt;/I pasando por x{0026}lt;I Carriex{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I El juego de Geraldx{0026}lt;/I y x{0026}lt;I La zona muertax{0026}lt;/I .x{0026}lt;/P x{0026}lt;P ALIGN=JUSTIFY x{0026}lt;/P x{0026}lt;P ALIGN=JUSTIFY En reconocimiento a su trayectoria profesional, le han sido concedidos los premios PEN American Literary Service Award en 2018, National Medal of Arts en 2014 y National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters en 2003.x{0026}lt;/P x{0026}lt;P ALIGN=JUSTIFY x{0026}lt;/P x{0026}lt;P ALIGN=JUSTIFY Vive en Bangor, Maine, con su esposa Tabitha King, también novelista.x{0026}lt;/P