The relationship Bill Hodges share with Janey in Mr. She even turned out to be extremely smart in the hunt for Hartfield and proved to be a great teammate. I loved Jerome and Janey as well, but the character of Holly was a bit more impressive. By the time you are half way into the book, you feel like you know the characters for long. However, every single character in the book has been developed really well. Right from the flashbacks of his childhood to his present state where he also wants to kill his mother, King has etched out a perfect psychotic criminal. People might have admired the character of Bill Hodges, but I loved how he built Hartfield. Mercedes is the character development, which is one of the strengths of Stephen King. Brady Hartfield is a perfect psychotic criminal. He builds scenarios and creates anticipation only to let them meet a satisfying conclusion, but we will talk about that later. That is the uniqueness in King’s narration and Mr. Things start building the moment he receives the letter and the transition from a calm scenario to that of frustrations and anger is brilliant.
It is a rather amusing setting that offers an instant relief from the apprehensive beginning. William Hodges, the protagonist (if you think that Brady Hartfield was not the main attraction here). Stephen King’s epic storytelling captures the ghastly details of the crime and sets up a perfect stage for the readers to understand the mentality of the perpetrator. The opening is intense and pulls you right into the story. Thus begins a cat-and-mouse chase, only the stakes are too high this time because if Hodges fail to catch him, Brady might kill hundreds or thousands of people. On the other hand, we have Brady Hartfield, living with his alcoholic mother. It all comes back rushing to Bill Hodges when he receives a letter in the mail from a person who claims to be the perpetrator.
The killer who would be touted as the Mercedes Killer later fled the scene. The atrocious crime took eight lives while fifteen were left wounded. Hundreds of desperate unemployed people were lined up for a spot at a job fair when a lone driver ploughed through the crowd in a stolen Mercedes. The book begins with the infamous Mercedes Massacre that continues to haunt a retired homicide detective Bill Hodges. Mercedes is the first book in the Bill Hodges Trilogy.
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