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An Act of Love and Other Crimes: Between Mercy And The Law

An Act of Love and Other Crimes: Between Mercy And The Law

Allaun, David

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ISBN13: 9798289068675
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 28 2025
Pages: 290
Weight: 0.64
Height: 0.61 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Love, loss, and the shadows of morality collide in David Allaun's gripping novel.

When Dr. Frank Wilkinson, a retired doctor from Manchester, agrees to accompany his terminally ill wife to Dignitas in Switzerland, he believes he is honouring her final wish - one born of pain, dignity and love.

But back in the UK, Frank is arrested and charged with murder for having assisted in what others see as a mercy killing.

Up against a legal system that views his act of compassion as a criminal offence, Frank finds himself facing courtroom drama. His wife's assisted suicide is a battleground for questions the law is unfitted to ask - and unprepared to answer.

As the interrogation unfolds, Frank's quiet, introspective life collides with public scrutiny, old moral codes, and a detective whose personal tragedy challenges his own view of justice. In the blur between ethics and legality, mercy and guilt, Frank is forced to examine what it truly means to do the right thing for someone you love - and what it means to love someone to the very end.

An Act of Love - and Other Crimes is a deeply moving, morally complex literary legal thriller that confronts the emotional cost of doing what others may not: one kindness too far, perhaps. Perfect for readers of Jodi Picoult, John Grisham, Ian McEwan and Andrew O'Hagan - this novel explores what happens when the line between love and law is not just blurred, but obliterated.

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