Phillip Parker’s Reviews > Mercy > Status Update

Near finished.
Where I am up to in the book has been a bit of heart stopper.
Whilst Carl is the protagonist, he has an assistant, Assad, who drops occasional cameo dialogue and surprise law enforcement procedures into the scene.
In fact he steals the occasional scene.
Easily a 4 star read so far.

My First read for this author. It’s dark. It’s interesting. It moves quickly and not your ordinary crime formula.
The victim is not dead (yet?), is held captive, and the reasons for that captivity are fully revealed more than half way through the book. Though they are in face as you read.
The Protagonist / Antagonist Carl is the usual offbeat Detective who is in trouble with the bureaucracy. 👍