Mr. Mercedes, 2nd Edition

A man in a stolen Mercedes deliberately drives into a queue on the pavement, leaving eight people dead and fifteen injured. The driver vanishes from the scene. A few months later, a retired, jaded police officer from the same small town receives a strange letter from someone who claims responsibility for the crime and hints at planning a much more horrific attack—a massacre of thousands. This hard-boiled detective story from the master of suspense offers readers a terrifying and unforgettable insight into the mind of a deranged killer. The story was inspired by a true event.