Mercy
Categories: Literature & Fiction
Mercy is a 1990 crime thriller by the American writer David L. Lindsey, author of the Stuart Haydon novels, first published by Doubleday and later in paperback by Bantam, where it became a national bestseller. Houston homicide detective Carmen Palma investigates a series of murders of wealthy, successful women whose bodies show signs of ritualized bondage. As she follows the killer into a hidden world of secret sexual practices and private obsessions, the case forces her to confront dangers that move ever closer to her own life.
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- Larry King: “Described as a psychosexual thriller, Mercy definitely gets a 9 on a scale of 1 to 10.”