Small Mercies: A Detective Mystery

"Within just a few pages, you are submerged in the prejudice, hypocrisy, violence, anger, hatred and despair of South Boston festering in the hot summer of 1974. The integration of its schools through forced busing is looming when Mary Pat’s daughter goes missing. As she searches, Mary Pat confronts painful truths about herself, her world and the people who dominate it. While this evocative, awfully contemporary story makes you wonder whether we ever truly will be capable of change, it also offers small mercies that will linger with you for a long time to come."