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Small Mercies

Small Mercies

A Novel
CrimeLiterary Fiction
Pages
320
Published
2023
Language
English

Synopsis

In 1970s South Boston, Mary Pat Fennessy is a working-class single mother whose life is upended when her daughter, Jules, disappears. As Mary Pat searches for answers, she uncovers a web of secrets connecting Jules's disappearance to the murder of a young Black man. Driven by a fierce maternal instinct, she confronts the dark underbelly of her community, seeking justice on her own terms.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

DarkGrittyTenseThought-Provoking
RevengeMorally GreyAnti-Hero

Genres

Crime Literary Fiction Thriller

About the author

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Dennis Lehane

Dennis Lehane is an American novelist born August 4, 1965, in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. He is best known for a series of hardboiled mysteries featuring Boston private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro, beginning with A Drink Before the War (1994), and for standalone novels including Mystic River, Shutter Island, The Given Day, and Small Mercies. Four of his novels have been adapted into films: Mystic River (2003, directed by Clint Eastwood), Gone Baby Go...

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