Mr. Mercedes

About this book

Retired detective Bill Hodges is adrift. Since leaving the force he spends his days in a recliner, watching daytime TV and keeping a gun close at hand. Then a letter arrives, taunting him about the one case he never solved: a stolen Mercedes driven into a crowd of desperate job seekers waiting overnight at a city job fair, leaving eight people dead and many more injured. The letter comes from the killer himself, and he is not finished. Brady Hartsfield is patient, clever and utterly without remorse, and he has a new plan that could cause even greater devastation. Now Hodges, with no badge and no official backing, has a reason to get up in the morning again. Can he find the man who calls himself Mr. Mercedes before he strikes a second time? Stephen King's Mr. Mercedes opens with a harrowing scene of ordinary people waiting in the fog for a chance at work, then turns into a tense, cat-and-mouse crime thriller. It is the first book in the Bill Hodges trilogy and a gripping read for fans of suspense, detective fiction and dark psychological drama, written by one of the world's best-known storytellers. Buy the ebook and start reading online instantly in your browser, with no app or download required.

Author

Stephen King

Length

~550 pages

Reading time

10 h 58 min

Chapters

27

Released

October 18, 2026

Languages

🇬🇧 EN · 🇵🇱 PL · 🇩🇪 DE · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇪🇸 ES · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇧🇷 PT-BR · 🇲🇽 ES-MX · 🇵🇹 PT · 🇺🇦 UK · 🇨🇿 CS · 🇸🇰 SK · 🇬🇷 EL · 🇭🇺 HU · 🇹🇷 TR · 🇳🇱 NL · 🇷🇴 RO · 🇧🇬 BG · 🇭🇷 HR · 🇷🇸 SR · 🇸🇮 SL · 🇱🇹 LT · 🇱🇻 LV · 🇪🇪 ET · 🇸🇪 SV · 🇩🇰 DA · 🇳🇴 NB · 🇫🇮 FI · 🇯🇵 JA · 🇰🇷 KO · 🇨🇳 ZH · 🇹🇼 ZH-TW · 🇮🇩 ID · 🇻🇳 VI · 🇹🇭 TH · 🇮🇳 HI · 🇸🇦 AR · 🇮🇱 HE

Formats

eBook · Print edition

Print format

Paperback, 13.5 × 21 cm, 450 pages

ISBN

1386741022

Age rating

Mature 17+