It is a mesmerizing and wrenching work that only Dennis Lehane could write.ĭennis Lehane grew up in Boston.

Set against the hot, tumultuous months when the city’s desegregation of its public schools exploded in violence, Small Mercies is a superb thriller, a brutal depiction of criminality and power, and an unflinching portrait of the dark heart of American racism. But Mary Pat, propelled by a desperate search for her missing daughter, begins turning over stones best left untouched-asking questions that bother Marty Butler, chieftain of the Irish mob, and the men who work for him, men who don’t take kindly to any threat to their business. That same evening, a young Black man is found dead, struck by a subway train under mysterious circumstances. One night Mary Pat’s teenage daughter Jules stays out late and doesn’t come home. Mary Pat has lived her entire life in the housing projects of “Southie,” the Irish American enclave that stubbornly adheres to old tradition and stands proudly apart. And the more Patrick and Angie discover, the more they realize that on this case, any wrong step will certainly be their last.In the summer of 1974 a heatwave blankets Boston and Mary Pat Fennessy is trying to stay one step ahead of the bill collectors. Nothing is remotely what it seems as the detectives travel from the wind-blown streets of Boston to the rum-punch sunsets of Florida's Gulf Coast and back again, searching for a woman and a man who could be saints or sinners, victims or victimizers, alive or dead.

Read more cache of millions in illegal funds may be tied to both disappearances and a tanker full of heroin. As Patrick and Angie begin their search, they are led down a trail of half-truths and corruption into a world in which a therapeutic organization may be fronting for a dangerous cult a hi-tech private investigation firm may be covering up lethal crimes and a stolen. So has the first investigator Trevor Stone hired to find her: Jay Becker, Patrick's mentor. Grief-stricken over the death of her mother and the impending death of her father, Desiree Stone has been missing for three weeks. Dying billionaire Trevor Stone hires private detectives Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro to find his missing daughter. So has the first investigator, Trevor Stone hired to find her: Jay Becker, Patrick's mentor. Dying billionaire, Trevor Stone hires private detectives, Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro to find his missing daughter.

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