[books 2014] New-ish Stephen King
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inulro36. Mr Mercedes by Stephen King
This book is described as a hard-boiled detective number, but it's more a psychological thriller where the (retired) detective plays a cat and mouse game with a mass murderer.
By far the best thing about it are the retired detective's two sidekicks, the over-achieving teenager who mows his lawn and fixes his computer, and the deeply damaged woman who is a relative of one of the victims. There are bits where I couldn't put it down, interspersed with bits that dragged. The last quarter was pretty not-put-downable, at least, as is fitting with any crime novel that isn't absolutely hopeless.
It's OK. But I'm waiting for his return to straight-up horror, due out in October.
This book is described as a hard-boiled detective number, but it's more a psychological thriller where the (retired) detective plays a cat and mouse game with a mass murderer.
By far the best thing about it are the retired detective's two sidekicks, the over-achieving teenager who mows his lawn and fixes his computer, and the deeply damaged woman who is a relative of one of the victims. There are bits where I couldn't put it down, interspersed with bits that dragged. The last quarter was pretty not-put-downable, at least, as is fitting with any crime novel that isn't absolutely hopeless.
It's OK. But I'm waiting for his return to straight-up horror, due out in October.
