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Mercy / Jodi Picoult.
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Police chief of a small Massachusetts town, Cameron McDonald makes the toughest arrest of his life when his own cousin Jamie comes to him and confesses outright that he has killed his terminally ill wife out of mercy. Now, a heated murder trial plunges the town into upheaval, and drives a wedge into a contented marriage: Cameron, aiding the prosecution in their case against Jamie, is suddenly at odds with his devoted wife, Allie -- seduced by the idea of a man so in love with his wife that he'd grant all her wishes, even her wish to end her life. And when an inexplicable attraction leads to a shocking betrayal, Allie faces the hardest questions of the heart: when does love cross the line of moral obligation? And what does it mean to truly love another?
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- ISBN: 9781101549537
- ISBN: 110154953X
- ISBN: 9781741769005
- ISBN: 1741769000
- Physical Description: 1 online resource
- Publisher: New York : G.P. Putnam's, ©1996.
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- Baker & Taylor
Two cousins are driven to extremes by the power of love, as one helps his terminally ill wife commit suicide at her request, and the other becomes involved in a passionate affair with his wife's new assistant. 17,500 first printing. - Baker & Taylor
Two cousins are driven to extremes by the power of love, as one helps his terminally ill wife commit suicide at her request, and the other becomes involved in a passionate affair with his wife's new assistant. - Penguin Putnam
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult comes a âsensitive exploration of the balance of loveâ (Publishers Weekly).
What would you do for someone you love?
Would you lie?
Would you leave?
Would you kill?
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 the body of his wife and horrifying confession that he's killed her, Cam immediately places him under arrest.
In the midst of betrayals and trials, forced to confront the limits of their love and loyalties, these cousins must ask themselves how far the borders of their hearts can extend.