MR. MERCEDES won the Edgar Award for Best Mystery Novel of 2015. This is a huge honor for an author not commonly writing in the mystery field, and a testament to how successfully King embraced the hard boiled genre and put his own stamp on it. The Mystery Writers of America obviously thinks it worked.
In its review of MR. MERCEDES, the Washington Post quite aptly said “On one level, MR. MERCEDES is an expertly crafted example of the classic race-against-the-clock thriller. On another, it is a novel of depth and character enriched throughout by the grace notes King provides in such seemingly effortless profusion. It is a rich, resonant, exceptionally readable accomplishment by a man who can write in whatever genre he chooses.”
Please join us in giving Stephen King congratulations on this richly deserved honor.