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Small Mercies
In the summer of 1974 a heatwave blankets Boston, and Mary Pat Fennessy is trying to stay one step ahead of the bill collectors. Then her teenage daughter Jules stays out late and doesn’t come home.
About
Dennis Lehane
Dennis Lehane grew up in Boston. Since his first novel, A Drink Before the War, won the Shamus Award, he has published thirteen more, most recently Small Mercies. Five have been adapted into films, among them Mystic River and Shutter Island. He was a staff writer on The Wire and wrote and produced Black Bird and Smoke for Apple TV+.
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Smoke (2025)
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Black Bird (2022)
Television
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Mr. Mercedes (2017)
Television
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Bloodline (2016)
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Live By Night (2016)
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