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Though best known for his hugely successful novels, Dennis Lehane is also a master of the short story. This collection, his first to be published in the UK, includes the story 'Running out of Dog' which was featured in THE BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES 2005 and THE BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES OF THE CENTURY. It also includes the full text of the acclaimed play CORONADO. Infused with the compelling narrative drive, piercing insight, and psychological drama that have made his novels bestsellers, CORONADO is sure to satisfy this acclaimed writer's devoted following while they eagerly await his next novel.

A small southern town gives birth to a dangerous man with a broken heart and a high-powered rifle ... A young girl, caught up in an inner-city gang war, crosses the line from victim to avenger ... An innocent man is hunted by government agents for an unspecified crime...A boy and girl fall in love while ransacking a rich man’s house during the waning days of the Vietnam War ... A compromised psychiatrist confronts the unstable patient he slept with ... A father and son wage a lethal battle of wits over the whereabouts of a stolen diamond and a missing woman. In turn suspenseful, surreal, romantic, and tragically comic, these tales journey headlong into the heart of our myths – about class, gender, freedom, and regeneration through violence – and reveal that the truth waiting for us there is not what we’d expect. This collection includes the acclaimed play ‘Coronado’. Acclaim for DENNIS LEHANE: ‘Boy, does he know how to write’ ELMORE LEONARD ‘Superb’ STEPHEN KING ‘One of the greats of crime writing’ GUARDIAN