Small Mercies

<p><strong>Instant <em>New York Times </em>Bestseller</strong></p><p><strong>“<em>Small Mercies</em> is thought provoking, engaging, enraging, and can’t-put-it-down entertainment.” — Stephen King</strong></p><p><strong>The acclaimed <em>New York Times</em> bestselling writer returns with a masterpiece to rival <em>Mystic River</em>—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.</strong></p><p>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.</p><p>One night Mary Pat’s teenage daughter Jules stays out late and doesn’t come home. That same evening, a young Black man is