"Originally published in a slightly different form in Boston Noir in 2009 by Akashic Books" --Title page verso.

"Based on the screenplay he developed for Twentieth Century Fox from his short story "Animal Rescue," New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane's The Drop follows a former criminal whose efforts to build a new life with his girlfriend and pit bull rescue puppy fall apart when he becomes mixed up in a robbery gone wrong"--,Provided by publisher.