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Help/Discussion: Site 35, Untitled, Amsterdam, Netherlands


1. Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Read a book set in the Netherlands or written by a Dutch author.

2. About: This relief decorates the cobblestones of the Oude Kerk ("old church"), Amsterdam’s oldest building, and seems to refer to the oldest profession, which is practiced nearby in the Red Light District.
Read a book from this list: Best Feminist Fiction You may choose only the first 6 pages. It is required that you list the page number and position on the list.

3. Souvenir: Whistle - It will sound an alert if you're ever in a threatening situation.
Read a book that is a mystery dealing with crime against women.

Hi, I am curious if A Time for Mercy would work for a mystery that deals with a crime against women. There is a large part that deals with domestic violence. I included the details in the spoiler. (view spoiler)[ There's a rape, a rape of a underage girl and domestic violence that are key to the novel and murder and court trial. (hide spoiler)]

Ask yourself if the crime is against a woman because she's a woman. From the blurb, it doesn't sound like it is. Was the purpose of the murder - Drew killing a deputy - more vigilantism? If so, I don't think it fits.

Janice wrote: "Ask yourself if the crime is against a woman because she's a woman. From the blurb, it doesn't sound like it is. Was the purpose of the murder - Drew killing a deputy - more vigilantism? If so, I d..."

It was definitely partly a crime against a woman. The deputy was committing sexual assault against a woman. The family lived with the deputy so Drew knew him and lived with him.

I'm going to say no. Sorry. It's not what I had in mind. There are so many themes in murder mysteries that I wanted to differentiate them. Police procedure, courtroom dramas (which this sounds like given that it's Grisham), So I wanted the main story to be about a crime committed by a man against a woman (think Jack the Ripper). It wasn't to be about a person who murdered Jack the Ripper because he thought he deserved to die.
It wasn't even to be about a murder of a woman unless the murder was motivated by misogyny. The deputy was male, so doesn't qualify.

That’s okay. Thank you Janice for the ruling. I see what you mean.