Title: The Mercy Seat Author: Elizabeth H. Winthrop Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Cover: Summary: from Amazon As the sun begins to set over Louisiana one October day in 1943, a young black man faces the final hours of his life: at midnight, eighteen-year-old Willie Jones will be executed by electric chair for raping … Continue reading The Mercy Seat by Elizabeth H. Winthrop – Review