Somebody on Rick O’shea (the booklovers group that I follow in Facebook) was excited about the release of Holly, by Stephen King, which is the third book in a series of which Mr Mercedes is the first. I realised that I’d had this book on my kindle for a while, but not read it, so I bought the next two books in the series with my Audible credits and then read this (I know, I had faith that I would like it enough to want to read all of them!)
It follows a retired detective, Bill Hodges, who is spiralling into inertia and depression until he receives a letter from Mr Mercedes, a killer who’s case he’d worked on but not solved.
Bill goes rogue to try to stop Mr Mercedes from killing again, after all he still has his police ID, so long as he puts his finger over the bit that says he’s retired! There’s an interesting cast of characters from some very nice people to some very not nice people, and I was gripped by the book and very glad that I have the next two to listen to now!
Sarah Wray Writer 