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Cruel Mercy
On sale
26th January 2017
Price: £9.99
‘Effortlessly blends the brutal and the tender, the dark and the light. Aector McAvoy is a true original. So is David Mark.’ Mick Herron, author of Dead Lions
DS Aector McAvoy’s brother-in-law Valentine is missing.
In New York City, half the world away.
And the two men he travelled with have just been found in an open grave upstate: one dead, one as good as.
McAvoy doesn’t believe Valentine killed them. He does believe he’s in trouble. And so he follows him to New York, determined to find out what happened.
But Valentine is in more danger than McAvoy could have imagined.
And McAvoy’s walking into it right after him: into the darkness of murder, revenge, and a forty-year-old crime…
DS Aector McAvoy’s brother-in-law Valentine is missing.
In New York City, half the world away.
And the two men he travelled with have just been found in an open grave upstate: one dead, one as good as.
McAvoy doesn’t believe Valentine killed them. He does believe he’s in trouble. And so he follows him to New York, determined to find out what happened.
But Valentine is in more danger than McAvoy could have imagined.
And McAvoy’s walking into it right after him: into the darkness of murder, revenge, and a forty-year-old crime…
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Reviews
As with previous books, there are plenty of grim events to balance the warmth which surrounds the leading character.
Dark, compelling crime writing of the highest order
McAvoy must be one of the most fascinating fictional detectives out there - a true original. This is an intoxicating brew - Catholicism, travellers, underground fight scenes, the mob - and rumbling through it all like a bear with a blush is DS Aector McAvoy. Superb writing. A truly fantastic read.
Compelling and harrowing
David Mark takes McAvoy to the US on a rollercoaster ride into darkness. Brilliantly written and compelling.
In McAvoy, David Mark has created a big hero with a huge heart. His skill at weaving threads of light through the darkest fabric has rightly won him a legion of fans who like their crime fiction to be real and compassionate.
More twists and turns than a corkscrew through the eyeball
To call Mark's novels police procedurals is like calling the Mona Lisa a pretty painting. Beautifully crafted, filled with flashbacks, horror, angst, and chilling detail, this one is his most complex and best yet.
David Mark has created a true hero for an age of dark deeds and dirty cops. The violence is righteous and the collars hard-won for DS Aector McAvoy, and as his luminous humanity and blazing courage take on the worst Hull can chuck at him, we follow him willingly down the meanest of streets.
Highly entertaining
Praise for David Mark and DEAD PRETTY
Effortlessly blends the brutal and the tender, the dark and the light. Aector McAvoy is a true original. So is David Mark.
Aficionados of the grittiest, most trenchant fare love Mark's copper Aector McAvoy, who customarily moves in a darkly realised Hull.
A brilliant read.
