But the book is a straight-up thriller, and it builds suspense by building engaging and credible characters. Mercedes is less of a mystery, and more of a thriller, in which the reader knows the killer’s identity early on and watches the killer and the detective play cat and mouse throughout the story. He avoids personal relationships with co-workers and spends all of his free time in the computer centre he has created in his basement.

And Hartsfield could be the typical psychopath of literature, with a now alcoholic mother who was widowed young and has lavished sexually inappropriate behaviour on her son. He has drifted away from his only family, a daughter, and feels lonely and worthless. Like many police officers, his job was his whole life. Hodges is the retired policeman, the adrenaline junkie, who’s having trouble adjusting to the dull life of retirement and who is haunted by his failure to solve one of the biggest cases of his career. Both Hodges and Hartsfield could be only mildly interesting stereotypes. His development of both Hodges and Hartsfield is so specific and complex that we come to understand both of these characters as they play out their mutually driven scenario of action and counteraction. The devil is in the details, and Stephen King is a master of detail. Overall the book highly captivates the readers till the end. The book at times can be chilling the nerves with the sheer power of engaging writing. This little fact, while ultimately irrelevant in the grand scheme of the book, lends an air of realness and relatability to the character making him very likable and engaging. The most endearing quality that William Hodges possesses is his embarrassment regarding his first name, which happens to be Kermit. Mercedes’ and what’s the motives behind his actions are? Hodges is intrigued and starts to investigate the case instead of turning the letter over to his former police colleague, Pete Huntley. Olivia had killed herself soon after the massacre out of guilt. Mercedes knows the details of the murder and also mentions Olivia Trelawney, from whom he had stolen the Mercedes.

The incident had taken place at the end of Hodges’ career and was still unresolved when he retired.

Hodges is divorced, lonely, and fed up with his life, occasionally considering suicide. Bill Hodges, a recently retired detective from the local police department living the life of a retiree, receives a letter from an individual claiming to be the person responsible for the job fair incident, referring to himself as “Mr. Many jobless people are standing in line for a job fair, but then a Mercedes ploughs into the crowd, killing sixteen and severely injuring many.

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