A Slice of Mercy

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>In a quiet seaside town kindness and suspicion walk hand in hand.</em></strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>In the quiet seaside town of Morecambe The Velvet Crumb café is a sanctuary of warmth tea and toasted teacakes. But beneath the cinnamon-scented air lies a secret. Miriam keeps a journal not of recipes but of names regulars whose visits end with more than a cuppa.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When Inspector Harmony Freeman transfers from London she expects small-town cases and silence by the sea. Instead she inherits a case file called elderly deaths. She begins to find a pattern. The elderly deaths all peaceful all too regular and all with one common thread Miriam. Is Miriam simply a kind woman who listens well or is she quietly orchestrating something far darker?</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>With the tide turning and choices pressing </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>A Slice of Mercy</em></strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> asks: when does compassion end and when does mercy become something else entirely? Every path seems to circle back to the café and to Miriam. But is Miriam a guardian offering mercy to those ready to let go or something far darker.</span></p>