Mercy by Jodi Picoult

'Mercy is a quietly powerful book that examines the boundaries of
love and loyalty, courage and forgiveness... Picoult writes with a fine
touch, a sharp eye for detail and a firm grasp of the delicacy and
complexity of human relationships' - Boston Globe

What would you do for someone you love? Would you lie? Would you leave?
Would you kill? Jodi Picoult confronts these powerful issues in Mercy, which
follows the path of two cousins driven to extremes by the power of love.

Police chief of a small Massachusetts town, Cameron McDonald makes the
toughest arrest of his life when his cousin Jamie comes to him and confesses
that he has killed his terminally ill wife out of mercy. A heated murder
trial plunges the town into upheaval and drives a wedge into Cameron's 
marriage: when, in aiding the prosecution in their case against Jamie, he
finds himself suddenly at odds with his devoted wife, Allie. She is seduced
by the idea of a man so in love with his wife that he'd grant all her wishes,
even her Wise to end her life. And when an inexplicable attraction leads to
a shocking betrayal, Allie faces the hardest question of the heart: when
does love cross the line of moral obligation? What does it mean to truly love
another?

Tightly woven with passion and a fast-paced plot, Mercy explores some of 
today's most highly charged emotional and ethical issues as it draws toward
its stunning conclusion.

Genres: Contemporary Fiction - Romance - Chick Lit - Drama
Condition: Good
Published: First published 1996. This edition published 2009 by Allen & Unwin.
Pages: 344
ISBN: 9781741757989
Weight: 455g