The dust has barely settled on the superb Doctor Sleep (and, indeed, many of you may still be waiting to see if Santa is bringing you the novel this December 25th), but the release date for Stephen King's next novel has already been set.
Mr. Mercedes will arrive in your local bookshop (remember them?) on June 3rd.This is a rare Summer release for King, who usually prefers to launch his novels in the winter (because cold dark nights are the perfect time to read his tales). Aside from this year's Joyland - published by Hard Case Crime and thus not a part of his current contract - the last time that King launched a major novel in the Summer was way back in 1995 with Rose Madder. Could this mean that Revival (his next next novel) is further along than we'd thought, and is going to take the Winter release spot?
King has described Mr. Mercedes as his "first hard boiled detective novel" - it follows a retired policeman who finds himself "being taunted by a murderer." King has said that he was inspired by a true event about a woman deliberately driving her car into a McDonald's restaurant. Sounds like the sort of thing that the late Richard Bachman would have enjoyed.
If June next year is too far away for your next King fix, you should check out Turn Down The Lights, which is available from Cemetery Dance next month, and features exclusive stories from King, Bentley Little, Clive Barker and a whole host of other horror writers.
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