Please Do Not Ask for Mercy as a Refusal Often Offends

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Lightning Books
Published: 10/01/2020
ISBN: 9781785631856
Pages: 420
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.00w x 0.90d