Bill hodges is a retired cop and gets a letter from mr mercedes this begins the story of a cop trying to outwit a psycho they communicate through a chat room and hodges starts to slowly unravel who this maniac is with the help of some awesome people my favorite character in the book is jerome. Stephen king is the author of more than sixty books all of them worldwide bestsellers his recent work includes if it bleeds the institute elevation the outsider sleeping beauties cowritten with his son owen king and the bill hodges trilogy end of watch finders keepers and mr mercedes an edgar award winner for best novel and an att audience network original television series. Mr mercedes a novel the bill hodges trilogy book 1 if you are enjoying the att mini series mr mercedes you will love this there are numerous differences even major changes but if youre a stephen king fan youll love both the book and the movie bill hodges could be anyones dad. Stephen king is the author of more than sixty books all of them worldwide bestsellers his recent work includes the institute elevation the outsider sleeping beauties cowritten with his son owen king and the bill hodges trilogy end of watch finders keepers and mr mercedes an edgar award winner for best novel and an att audience network original television series