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What is Mercy about?

From Publishers Weekly What could have been a competent, topical novel about a mercy killing becomes, in Picoult's (following Picture Perfect , 1995) hands, an inspired meditation on love. The setting is Wheelock, Mass., a slightly eccentric town where most of the residents are of Scottish descent, where weddings end in a blood vow, the name MacDonald is "painted on an alarming number of mailboxes" and police chief Cameron MacDonald doubles as clan chief and protector. On a seemingly ordinary day in Wheelock, Jamie MacDonald, a cousin of Cameron's, drives to the police station and announces: "My wife here, Maggie, is dead, and I'm the one who killed her." Cam finds himself saddled with a murder case and a conflict of interest: his cousin has given in to the pleas of his cancer-ravaged wife to kill her, and he's come to the clan chief to confess. But as police chief, Cam must also prosecute. On the same day, Cam's wife, Allie, the local florist, hires Mia, a violet-eyed beauty with a genius for flower arranging. Allie gets involved in Jamie's case, and Cam, who has spent his life in service to his community and his clan, falls in love with Mia and begins an affair that will bring

Who reads Mercy?

Author

Picoult, Jodi

Publisher

Allen & Unwin

Published

1996

Language

EN

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Romance, Thriller, Thrillers

Rating

3.64 / 5 (3,559 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13