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New York Times bestselling author 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...

It’s senior-year spring break, and Noelle Meyer and Evan Sinclair have been kidnapped. Neither knows why they were chosen, only that they share a tragic past: Evan’s father got away with killing Noelle’s mother, effectively ruining her family when the death was ruled an accident. Despite the connection that should have made them enemies, the teens instead unite to face their other common denominator—their abductors. Noelle and Evan survive one sadistic circumstance after another, eventually making a harrowing escape. But every happy ending comes at a price…

Durante le vacanze di primavera dell'ultimo anno di liceo, Noelle Meyer ed Evan Sinclair vengono rapiti. Non sanno chi li abbia scelti né perché, ma un legame oscuro li unisce: anni prima, il padre di Evan ha ucciso la madre di Noelle, distruggendo la sua famiglia. Rinchiusi in celle separate, in un luogo in cui il tempo non esiste e la luce è un'arma, i due iniziano la convivenza nell'oscurità più totale. Per sopravvivere, devono mettere da parte il dolore del passato e affrontare insieme un incubo fatto di manipolazione, dolore e prove crudeli.

It's the run-up to Christmas, 1998. On the Isle of Mull, Sergeant Ivor Punch is losing himself in his vinyl collection, a tragic anniversary and too much single malt whisky. But news of a missing child soon brings him back to his senses. And as word spreads of more strange disappearances, an aircraft vanishing from the sky and a famous classical musician gone with it, it seems a sinister plot holds the island in its grip. Punch thought he knew the secrets of this place, its people and stories.