Taking place over a brutally hot summer in 1974, SMALL MERCIES follows the desegregation of schools in Southie (South Boston) and the simmering frustration and deep-seated racism held by both the parents and the children who are affected. The novel’s main protagonist, single-mother Mary Pat Fennessy, grows worried after her daughter Jules did not return…
Coronado is a collection of six short stories by author Dennis Lehane. Running out of Dog – A well-written tale about small town secrecy. Running out of Dog is fueled by pent-up male-aggression threatening to burst inside those who seem to lack a true purpose in life. Blue, the best friend of protagonist Elgin, is…
“Happiness comes in moments, and then it’s gone until the next time. Could be years. But sadness settles in..” In the summer of 1975, three friends – Jimmy, Dave and Sean – are approached by two men claiming to be police officers. While able to coax Dave into their car, Jimmy and Sean would stay…
Seven years after the events of Live By Night, Dennis Lehane’s World Gone By picks up as Joe Coughlin settles into a position acting as a bridge between the criminal underworld and high society. Coughlin makes a lot of people a lot of money, which means a lot of people are very happy – so…
After shelving Kenzie and Gennaro for eleven years, Lehane returned to his signature characters in 2010 with the series’ sixth novel, Moonlight Mile. A lot has happened since we last left the detectives. Patrick and Angie have since tied the knot and brought life into the world in their four year old daughter, Gabby. Feeling…
Since We Fell tells the story of Rachel Childs as she searches for her father, a man she barely remembers from her childhood. It is also the story of her struggles as a journalist covering the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Oh, and it’s also the story of the breakdown of her first marriage to a…
“Cities,” Bob’s father once told him, “aren’t run from the capitol building. They’re run from the cellar. The First City? The one you see? That’s the clothes they put over the body to make it look better. But the Second City is the body. That’s where they take the bets and sell the women and…
Live By Night begins in the thick of the roaring 20s. The advent of prohibition has normalized corruption among the police and criminals with an explosion of illegal distilleries and speakeasies popping up all over the country. Despite the government’s best efforts to keep liquor out of the hands of the population, consumption has more…
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