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Also by John Burley:

Surrender the Dead, January 2021
Paperback / e-Book
The Quiet Child, August 2017
Paperback
The Forgetting Place, February 2015
Paperback / e-Book
The Absence Of Mercy, November 2014
Paperback / e-Book (reprint)

THE ABSENCE OF MERCY
By: John Burley

William Morrow
November 2014
On Sale: November 19, 2014
352 pages
ISBN: 0062227378
EAN: 9780062227379
Kindle: B00BATKQRM
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Suspense | Thriller

John Burley’s The Absence of Mercy is a harrowing tale of suspense involving a brutal murder and dark secrets that lie beneath the surface of a placid, tight-knit Midwestern town.

When a brutally murdered teenager is discovered in the woods surrounding a small Ohio town, Dr. Ben Stevenson—the town’s medical examiner—must decide if he’s willing to put his family’s life in danger to uncover the truth. Finding himself pulled deeper into an investigation with devastating consequences, he discovers shocking information that will shatter his quiet community, and force him to confront a haunting truth.

With its eerie portrait of suburban life and nerve-fraying plot twists, The Absence of Mercy is domestic drama at its best for fans of Harlan Coben, Laura Lippman, Jennifer McMahon, and Lisa Gardner.