Mercy

By Jodi Picoult,

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Cameron MacDonald has spent his life guided by duty. As the police chief of a small Massachusetts town that has been home to generations of his Scottish clan, he is bound to the town's residents by blood and honor. Yet when his cousin Jamie arrives at the police station with…

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I have long been a fan of Jodi Picoult’s books. They are invariably beautifully written, thought provoking, and deeply considered explorations of relationships and human behaviour in confronting situations.

Mercy is no exception. I found this story about a man who confesses to killing his terminally ill wife in an act of mercy difficult to put aside. Picoult is a consummate storyteller and reveals the impact on everyone touched by the incident with honesty and compassion. By the time I reached the final page I felt I knew the characters intimately and the question lingered: what would I do for…

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