A Mercy of Widows (3 Minutes with Marcy Lane)

You know those books where just the title alone will make you want to pick it up and give it a read? The debut novel by Marcy Lane, my guest this week on 3 Minutes with the Author, is just such a book. And once you pick it up, you won't be able to put it down. A MERCY OF WIDOWS tackles the serious issue of assisted dying while tempering the topic with humor and realistic legal drama.

You can watch Marcy and I chat about her debut in less time than it takes to boil an egg! Watch the entire episode HERE.

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About A MERCY OF WIDOWS

A dead fiancé. A courtroom full of secrets. Can she deliver justice when her own heart is on trial?

Heddie Wright is a woman on the brink, struggling to rebuild her life after losing her boyfriend to cancer. Left grief-stricken and questioning her place in his life, the forty-something almost-widow fears she was nothing more than a convenient caregiver during his final illness. Sidelined at his funeral and left out of his will, her sorrow is tangled with doubts and regrets.

Just as she begins to find her footing, Heddie is called to serve as a juror in a high-stakes mercy-killing trial. The case is headline news: a woman who fights for assisted dying is accused of ending her husband’s life. As the trial unfolds, Heddie notices troubling similarities between the defendant’s story and her own, forcing her to confront her deepest fears about love, loss, and doing what’s right.

As she listens to the testimony and uncovers unsettling truths, the lines between guilt and innocence blur, and Heddie must face her own pain while striving to decide what justice really means.