Pamene Wapolisi wopuma pantchito Hodges amalandira kalata kuchokera kwa wakupha anthu ambiri yemwe adapha miyoyo ya anthu khumi, osagwidwa konse, amadziwa kuti mosakayikira ndi iye. Si nthabwala, kuti psychopath amamuponyera kalata yoyambirirayo ndikumupatsa macheza kuti "asinthane malingaliro"
Hodges posakhalitsa adazindikira kuti wakuphayo amamugwedeza, amamuwona, amadziwa zomwe amachita, ndipo akumangofuna kuti adziphe. Koma zomwe zimachitika ndizosiyana, Hodges amalimbikitsanso pamalingaliro otseka mlandu wakale wa wakupha wotchedwa Mr. Mercedes, yemwe adayendetsa anthu ambiri pamzere kuti apeze ntchito.
Nthawi yomweyo timakumana ndi Brady Hartsfield, wachinyamata wanzeru komanso wowunikira mwezi. Wogulitsa ayisikilimu, katswiri wamakompyuta komanso psychopath wobisika mchipinda chapansi cha nyumba yake. Ndizosangalatsa kudziwa momwe, mwanjira ina, timapezera zifukwa zachifwamba, kapena zomwe zikuwoneka kuti zikutsatira kuyambira komwe adakulira. Abambo omwe adamwalira mwangozi amakanidwa ndi magetsi, m'bale wodwala wamavuto amisala yemwe amatenga moyo wake ndi wa amayi ake, komanso mayi yemwe pamapeto pake amadzipereka moledzeretsa atamwalira ana ake ochepa.
Brady ndi Hodges akuthamangitsa, pokambirana paukonde pomwe onse akuyambitsa nyambo zawo. Mpaka zokambiranazo zisakhale m'manja ndipo zochita za onsewa zilengeza zakusokonekera.
Pomwe Hodges amatenga nkhani ya a Mr. Mercedes, moyo wawo, womwe udawoneka kuti udzawonongedwa ndi nkhawa, umakhala wamphamvu, pakati pa banja la m'modzi mwa omwe adazunzidwa ndi a Mercedes apeza chikondi chatsopano, ndipo Brady (Mr Mercedes ) Sangathe kupirira kuti zomwe zikadakhala pulani zowononga wapolisiyo zimangokhala zopezera chimwemwe chake.
Misala imamuyandikira Brady ndiye mwamphamvu, ali wokonzeka chilichonse. Ndipo kulowererapo kwa Hodges kokha, komwe adalangidwa mwankhanza ndi Brady mchisangalalo chake chaposachedwa, kungamuletse asadapuse kwambiri. Anthu zikwizikwi ali pachiwopsezo.
Chowonadi ndichakuti, pozindikira kuyendetsa limodzi mwamalemba omwe ndalemba, bukuli silikuwoneka ngati labwino ngati ena ambiri. Chiwembucho chikuyenda bwino koma palibe kuzama koteroko ndi otchulidwa. Mwanjira iliyonse ndizosangalatsa.
Mutha kugula bukuli Mr mercedes, buku la Stephen King, Pano:
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