Dennis Lehane

Dennis Lehane returns to the streets of Mystic River with this love story wrapped in a crime story wrapped in a journey of faith—the basis for the major motion picture The Drop, from Fox Searchlight Pictures directed by Michaël Roskam, screenplay by Dennis Lehane, and starring Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, and James Gandolfini. Three days after Christmas, a lonely bartender looking for a reason to live rescues an abused puppy from a trash can and meets a damaged woman looking for something to believe in. As their relationship grows, they cross paths with the Chechen mafia; a man grown dangerous with age and thwarted hopes; two hapless stick-up artists; a very curious cop; and the original owner of the puppy, who wants his dog back. . . .

The Drop

Asher Black

I liked it. Simple straightforward writing style. Not much else to say.

Melody Izard

I was surprised to read that so many people did not like this book. Felt that Lehane had sold out and wrote a movie script instead of a novel. Craig and I listened to the audio book and felt the same kinship to Lehane's flawed characters as we felt for those who grace the pages of his other books. Nobody is perfect. Nobody is completely lost. There are those who wander a bit too far from the straight road to survive his plot line though.

The Drop

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