Mr. Mercedes,” as he's been dubbed by the press, killed eight people by running them over in a large luxury car. He liked the feeling, and he wants more. Narrator Will Patton adds tension and a cinematic interpretation to this high-stakes race against time, featuring some of Stephen King’s most memorable characters in his first attempt at the hard-boiled detective genre. Patton takes long, dramatic pauses to heighten the suspense and allow the fear to play in the mind’s eye of the listener. King continues to document the horrors of everyday American life, and Patton brings those terrors to life as few narrators can. Here’s a “can’t miss” story in the best format available, the movie between your ears. R.O. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award, 2015 Audies Finalist © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine
Prepare yourself for all that Spooky Season promises with a nightmarish TBR list. Whether you’re looking for paperbacks you might have missed or new releases that will have you locking all your doors, start here, add in titles from 101 Horror Books to Read Before You’re Murdered and make sure you turn on all the lights while reading these screamingly good horror novels.
It’s rare to find a writer who can haunt your dreams with terrifying visions of say, for example, a shapeshifting clown, while ruminating on the battle of good and evil… while commenting on societal injustices… while exploring the very base of human nature…. while illuminating the power of friendship and love. And did we mention […]
Summer is coming. Though that phrase likely doesn’t quite inspire the sort of dread “winter is coming” evokes if you’re a book lover, you know that everything heats up during the summer, including the release schedules for some of the world’s best thriller writers. If you need help making your upcoming summer reading list a little more chilling, […]
Summer is often a time for visiting faraway friends and family. If you are one of the brave souls embarking on the Kafkaesque waiting game that is modern air travel, add snagging a good book to your travel to-do list. Books are, in the words of Stephen King, a “uniquely portable magic,” offering a lovely mental […]
This summer brings a fresh crop of brand-new books, including a creepy thriller by the king of creepy thrillers, the return of an author we’ve loved since childhood, and what might be the most anticipated novel of the century. Throw them in your beach bag, bring them on your road trip, or just use them to make your lunch […]