Summary of Mr. Mercedes

Summary of Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King | Includes Analysis

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Part1

Chapter 1

Down-on-his-luck, Augie Odenkirk helps homeless Janice Cray care for her baby as they wait in the early morning fog for a job fair. A gray Mercedes plows into the crowd. Augie, Janice and the baby are among the victims.

Part 2

Chapters 1-3

About a year after the Mercedes crash, Retired Detective K. William Hodges watches more grubby reality shows, fails to enjoy his beer, and thinks, again, of shooting himself. The arrival of the mail distracts him. A letter, allegedly from the driver of the killer Mercedes, stuns him. The writer brags about killing eight and wounding many. He says that he got off sexually at he drove into the crowd. He wore a condom and used bleach to get rid of  any DNA. He wore a hair net under a clown mask for the same reason. He knows Hodges is miserable and hopes the letter cheers him up. He gives Hodges a website where they can talk, including a username: kermitfrog19.

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Inside this Instaread Summary of Mr. Mercedes:

• Book Overview
• Key Characters
• Chapter Summaries and Key Happenings
• A Reader’s Perspective

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