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Mercy Alexander Book

The term "noir" (when applied to a thriller) has become somewhat overused these days, but it's useful shorthand for a dark, psychologically oriented strain of the genre which usually emphasises the perpetrators and victims of crime rather than the police procedural aspect. With George Tiffin's Mercy Alexander, the publisher's claim that the author takes noir to new dimensions is, largely speaking, justified. In the style of Rancid Aluminium (the excellent novel, not the execrable film), Tiffin leads the reader on a macabre dance in which fitful flashes of illumination pierce a night-bound atmosphere of danger and sexual menace. Very early on in the novel, the eponymous Mercy is laid flat on her back on a jetty, to all accounts murdered. In fact, this is a photoshoot on the Thames, and read more...
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