Extricate the blaze novels of the genre is not easy, Mercy is a quality work subtly and skillfully stirring the polar codes and thriller without falling into the Grand Guignol display of twists. The plot, however, is not the most original: yet another plot hatched under the aegis of an unstoppable vengeance feeds a reinvestigation on the ruins of a strangely sloppy diagnosis.
An unlikely pair of investigators, a Deputy Commissioner acting under the fallen empire cynicism flanked by a Syrian political refugee as an adjuvant penetrating, captured in 2007 of a disappearance case closed (that of a influential politician in 2002) less opaque than it appears as the negligence characterizing the initial investigation is obvious.
Mercy is the first part of an announced décalogie, whether to accept the sketch of the profile of the binomial in action, the shadows identifying the Danish cop and the Syrian unofficial sleuth certainly restrict over the cycle. If this collaboration seems doubtful, it remains effectively set in motion and engaging.
Tutelary heir couple of Swedish authors Sjöwall and Wahlöö Jussi Adler Olsen does not sacrifice social content of the story told, what his Deputy Commissioner in making a destroyer of dysfunctional institutions and Danish policies (economic , social, etc.).
The romantic texture tends to break the first part belonging more classic detective genre in a more breathless sequel worthy of the best thrillers. Pairing past / present is carefully designed so that a voltage is gradually instills in the reader's mind, the situation of the victim being a source of suspense that does not weaken under the punishment to it booked ...
Mercy is ultimately a thriller / quality thriller based on a true story and narrative choices (incorporated in this flashback of each protagonist) but agreed that bases its interest on the mastery of history, the general credibility of the postures characters (a flat for the role given to the Syrian assistant), the dark and heavy content of the plot (a realistic epilogue) and its entertaining character (a story that easily lends itself to cinematic treatment).
