Reading order · 3 books · 2014 to 2016 · Set in a Midwestern city
Bill Hodges Books in Order
The Bill Hodges trilogy is Stephen King’s crime series. A retired detective, Bill Hodges, is taunted by a killer he never caught, and teams up with the shy, brilliant Holly Gibney and young Jerome Robinson.
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Series facts
- Books
- 3
- Published
- 2014 to 2016
- First book
- Mr. Mercedes
- Latest
- End of Watch (2016)
- Setting
- Set in a Midwestern city
The reading order
Every Bill Hodges book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
3 books · Set in a Midwestern city
- 1Mr. Mercedes2014With Bill HodgesRetired detective Bill Hodges receives a taunting letter from the killer who drove a stolen Mercedes into a crowd of job seekers, a case he never solved.Buy on Amazon
- 2Finders Keepers2015With Bill HodgesIn 1978, a famous reclusive author is murdered and his unpublished notebooks are stolen.Buy on Amazon
- 3End of Watch2016With Bill HodgesA wave of deaths linked to the hospital room of an old enemy draws Hodges and Holly back into the case.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Read Mr. Mercedes, Finders Keepers and End of Watch in order.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Bill Hodges | Holly Gibney | Jerome Robinson | Barbara Robinson | Brady Hartsfield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Mr. Mercedes | LLead | MMajor | MMajor | ·Minor | MMajor |
| 2 Finders Keepers | LLead | MMajor | MMajor | ·Minor | |
| 3 End of Watch | LLead | MMajor | MMajor | ·Minor | MMajor |
Characters in the Bill Hodges books
5 characters from Stephen King’s chart, with the number of Bill Hodges books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| Bill HodgesRetired Detective, later private investigator | 3 | Mr. Mercedes 2014 |
| Holly GibneyShy, brilliant investigator who becomes Hodges’s partner | 3 | Mr. Mercedes 2014 |
| Jerome RobinsonBright young friend of Hodges and Holly | 3 | Mr. Mercedes 2014 |
| Barbara RobinsonJerome’s younger sister | 3 | Mr. Mercedes 2014 |
| Brady HartsfieldThe Mercedes Killer | 2 | Mr. Mercedes 2014 |