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Book Number 1 in the Bill Hodges Trilogy, featuring retired Detective Bill Hodges in an unnamed Midwestern city. The action begins when the down-on-their-luck job seekers waiting for a job fair to open are mercilessly mown down by a guy in a stolen Mercedes. He is never caught. Six months later, Hodges, now retired, receives a letter in the mail and he recognizes the ring of truth in what the supposed killer says. He’s determined to find the psychopath on his o
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Anne  (Booklady) Molinarolo
Ret. Det. Bill Hodges is bored and thinking about eating his gun until the killer, dubbed by the Press, Mr. Mercedes sends him a letter. Brady thought wrong. He just gave Hodges a reason to live. He's going to find him and bring him in. For a second he believes him when he says he's not going to mow anyone else down in a stolen Mercedes leaving a clown's mask on the drivers seat. No Brady has a bigger and more evil plan that makes what happened at the Jobs Fair look like child's play. He has eno ...more
Tara
Apr 29, 2015 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: read-in-2015
This book was ... weird. And not the old-school Stephen King weird that I fell in love with in junior high and high school. Just, weird. It was ok. Some spots were better than others. Overall, just ... eh.
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Dec 16, 2014 rated it it was amazing
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Jessica
Jun 20, 2022 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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Jul 09, 2024 rated it it was amazing
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