From his cell in the early hours of the morning, Dr Harold Shipman records a
confessional tape, setting the record straight about his background and his actions
as he prepares to end his life. Patiently making a noose out of bedsheets, he
reflects on the choices, compulsions and fascinations that earned him the nickname
Dr Death, and a reputation as one of the most prolific serial killers in history.

The Quality Of Mercy is an intimate, exhaustively researched study of a notoriously
unknowable murderer, written by a former patient and relative of one of his victims.