Mr. Mercedes Looks To Give Classic King Chills



If you're a King fan, then there's good news ahead!  I spotted this summery of Mr. Mercedes at Cemetery Dance, and it looks plenty scary!

The mind that gave you Christine and From a buick 8 is back behind the wheel. . .
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.
Mr. Mercedes is scheduled  to be released June 3, 2014.
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7 comments:

  1. PrisonerNumber6December 12, 2013 at 8:37 PM

    Sounds like Dickie Bachman is back in town.

    For some reason, just the description alone has a kind of Cohen Bros., Fargo-esque vibe.

    ChrisC

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  2. David SquyresDecember 12, 2013 at 9:42 PM

    That is so true! On all counts, Chris.

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    1. PrisonerNumber6December 13, 2013 at 9:13 AM

      Okay, obvious question:

      Which King Story would the Cohen Bros. most likely adapt?

      I could easily imagine their version of Misery or Thinner, perhaps even the Long Walk or Blaze?

      Which else does anyone think they would adapt?

      ChrisC

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    2. ToddDecember 13, 2013 at 1:44 PM

      Bachman is also what I thought when first reading the description. And I’m all for that!

      Chris, I’d love to see them do Blaze … or maybe 1922 or Big Driver from FDNS.

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    3. PrisonerNumber6December 13, 2013 at 5:14 PM

      I just realized the one or two King stories I think would be Cohen material:

      The Sun Dog, maybe.

      Secret Window, Secret Garden, definitely (think of it as a follow up to Barton Fink).

      ChrisC

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  3. ToddDecember 13, 2013 at 1:41 PM

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  4. UnknownDecember 13, 2013 at 11:03 PM

    "with a couple of highly unlikely allies"... Hmmm, could they be young kids with either Down's Syndrome, Autism, or both?

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