03405cam a2200637 4500 1131447494 TxAuBib 20240129120000.0 231006s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022513571 9780062129482 hardcover 0062129481 hardcover 9780063311046 hardcover 0063311046 hardcover TxAuBib Lehane, Dennis, author. Small mercies : a novel / Dennis Lehane. First edition. New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2023] ©2023. 299 pages ; 24 cm. "In the summer of 1974, a heatwave blankets Boston and Mary Pat Fennessy is trying to stay one step ahead of the bill collectors. 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. One night Mary Pat's teenage daughter Jules stays out late and doesn't come home. That same evening, a young Black man is found dead, struck by a subway train under mysterious circumstances. The two events seem unconnected. 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. 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. It is a mesmerizing and wrenching work that only Dennis Lehane could write"-- Provided by publisher. 20240129. Missing persons Fiction. Missing persons. Mothers and daughters Fiction. Segregation in education Massachusetts Boston Fiction. Segregation in education. Racism against Black people Fiction. Racism against Black people. Irish Americans Fiction. Irish Americans. Irish Americans. Fiction. Organized crime Fiction. Personnes disparues Romans, nouvelles, etc. Mères et filles Romans, nouvelles, etc. Ségrégation en éducation Massachusetts Boston Romans, nouvelles, etc. Racisme à l'égard des personnes noires Romans, nouvelles, etc. Crime organisé Romans, nouvelles, etc. FICTION / Literary. FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense. FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth. bisacsh Mothers and daughters. Organized crime. Boston (Mass) Fiction. Massachusetts Boston. Suspense fiction. Social problem fiction. fast Detective and mystery fiction. fast Fiction. fast Novels. lcgft Thrillers (Fiction.) fast Romans. HarperCollins (Firm), publisher. TXOLT