King's gift of storytelling is unrivalled. The most remarkable storyteller in modern American literature. Hypnotic and creepy, it deserves to be ranked alongside King's masterpieces * Daily Mail *Īmerica's greatest living novelist. King aficionados will be riveted from the first explosion of violence to the final, equally seismic climax * Financial Times * He's a storyteller one you'd have listened to for hours, as the sun set and the gulls cried on the dockside at Piraeus * Spectator * Nobody can do it quite like Stephen King. Maitland is fatally wounded before Ollie is killed by the police. In the chaos, Ollie Peterson, the brother of Frankie Peterson, starts shooting at Maitland, blaming him for his brothers murder and mothers subsequent heart attack. * Guardian *Įxpect page-turning suspense, jaw-dropping twists and all the addictive brilliance of a classic Stephen King * FHM * On the day of Maitlands arraignment, a large crowd has gathered around the courthouse. King transcends genre, and is too warm and compassionate a writer to settle for jaggedly noir suspense. When it comes to grabbing an audience by the throat and giving them no choice but to keep reading, King has no equal, and I challenge you not to finish this novel in one breathless sitting. There should have been a sticker on the cover ' no book mark required' * Shots *

To be held firmly by the hand, through this tough crime thriller by the assured narrative skill of Stephen King, make the act of reading an event. On another, it is a novel of depth and character.rich, resonant, exceptionally readable * Washington Post * He's back with a novel different from, but as good as, anything he's previously done * The Times *Ī tightly plotted crime novel that retains that essential, instantly recognisable flavour that has distinguished King's fiction.On one level, Mr Mercedes is an expertly crafted example of the classic race-against-the-clock thriller. I challenge you not to read this book in one breathless sitting * Guardian *Ī thrilling cat-and-mouse game * Irish Mail on Sunday *Įnough to say that Mr Mercedes goes out not with one bang, but several - all satisfyingly unexpected. recommended to crime buffs and King fans alike. Stephen King might just be America's greatest living novelist.

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