Dennis Lehane and Jake Tapper pen new novels set in the 1970s
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Small Mercy by Dennis Lahain
Dennis Lahain's new novel, Small Mercy, is set during the summer of 1974. City of Boston had erupted in protests over court-mandated busing to desegregate public schools. Black student dies in a baffling subway accident; white teenage girl goes missing. The novel follows the girl's mother, Mary Pat Fennacy, on the hunt for her missing daughter.
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