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內容簡介 《神秘河流》、《隔離島》作者丹尼斯．勒翰睽違五年新作！ 1974年夏天，熱浪襲捲波士頓 深怕逾付房租導致住房不保的Mary Pat，鎮日埋首工作。 但她正值青春期的女兒，卻在某日無聲無息的消失，再也沒回家。 女兒失蹤的那晚，城的另一端也不平靜，一個黑人青年被地鐵追撞身亡。 Mary Pat此後鍥而不捨的尋找女兒下落，此舉卻讓愛爾蘭裔黑幫老大Marty Butler有如芒刺在背…… 同天發生的兩起事件，真的毫無任何關聯嗎？兩個案件的背後究竟又會牽扯出甚麼不可告人的秘密？The brilliant new novel from New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane.'Small Mercies is thought provoking, engaging, enraging, and can't-put-it-down entertainment' Stephen King'A jaw-dropping thriller... a resonant, unflinching story written by a novelist who is simply one of the best around' Gillian FlynnNew York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane returns with a masterpiece to rival Mystic River - an all-consuming tale of revenge, family love, festering hate, and insidious power, set against one of the most tumultuous episodes in Boston's history.'Mrs. Fennessy, please go home.''And do what?''Whatever you do when you're home.''And then what?''Get up the next day and do it again.'She shakes her head. 'That's not living.''It is if you can find the small blessings.'She smiles, but her eyes shine with agony. 'All my small blessings are gone.'In the summer of 1974 a heatwave blankets Boston and Mary Pat Fennessey 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."
