A BARACK OBAMA SUMMER READING PICK 2023’You’ll be lucky if you read a more engaging novel this year’ The Times Thriller of the Month April 2023’At the heart of the book is a masterly psychological study of racism. Lehane (who was a writer on The Wire) provides top-notch dialogue, an absorbing mystery and an evocation of a historical moment foreshadowing America’s 21st-century ethnic divide’ Sunday Times, Thriller of the Month’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?