Please Do Not Ask for Mercy as a Refusal Often Offends

By Paul Bassett Davies

Detective Kilroy is assigned to investigate a horrible murder. He's a fine cop, from the brim of his hat to the soles of his brogues, but his inquiries, far from solving the mystery, lead him into a deeper one--and to Cynthia, an enigmatic woman with a secret that could overturn Kilroy's entire world. But where is this world? It seems both familiar and uncanny, with electric cars, but no digital devices, and the audience for a public execution arriving by tram. Meanwhile, the seas are retreating, and the Church exerts an iron grip on society--and history. Power belongs to those who control the narrative. Kilroy is forced to take sides between the Kafkaesque state that pays his wages, and the truth-seekers striving to destroy it, all the while becoming besotted with a woman who may only love him for his mind--in an alarmingly literal way.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1785631853
• ISBN13: 9781785631856
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Lightning Books
• Length: 420 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 7.8"