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Sacred (Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro, Bk 3)
Sacred - Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro, Bk 3
Author: Dennis Lehane
A beautiful, grief-stricken woman has vanished without a trace. So has the detective hired to find her. And a lot of money. Enter savvy, tough-nosed private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro. Rooted in the no-nonsense streets of Boston's blue-collar Dorchester, they've seen it all -- and survived. But this case leads them i...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780380726295
ISBN-10: 0380726297
Publication Date: 6/1/1998
Pages: 400
Rating:
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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3.9 stars, based on 177 ratings
Publisher: HarperTorch
Book Type: Paperback
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annalovesbooks avatar reviewed Sacred (Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro, Bk 3) on
Helpful Score: 4
ISBN 0380726297 - I'm always wary of reading book 3, mostly because I've rarely read book 1 or 2. That would be the case with Sacred, but worse because the book doesn't even mention that it IS book 3 anywhere on the cover.

Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro are looking forward to some downtime after their last big case (see book #2). Instead, they get kidnapped. Having been kidnapped, they expect physical danger. Instead, they get hired. They don't really want the job, but the lure of the money involved does have some influence. Hired by a dying billionaire to find his missing daughter, the duo's greatest problem turns out to be figuring out who the "bad guys" really are. Religious nuts, a grief counseling group, the billionaire, his daughter and others are all on the list at one time or another. Staying one step ahead of the right bad guys is all that keeps them alive.

Light reading, sometimes too silly to be a good detective story, Sacred's worst feature is the periodic and unnecessary reference to the last case - just enough to interfere with the enjoyment of the book you're actually reading. Any good detective series ought to be made of books that stand alone and Sacred almost does that. On the plus side, making up for that, are two things: "This society's coming apart at the seams. Look at the evidence - Oklahoma City, the World Trade Center bombings, David Hasselhoff. It's all there." and the fact that the religious group in the book really are bad guys and nuts. Always love to see that!

- AnnaLovesBooks
spOOnman avatar reviewed Sacred (Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro, Bk 3) on + 51 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Fast-paced, twisting plot
Puddnp avatar reviewed Sacred (Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro, Bk 3) on + 111 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
An excellent book that keeps you rivoted to your chaise! My first Dennis Lehane, but will not be the last! He and Angie Gennaro, are a perfect match!
reviewed Sacred (Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro, Bk 3) on + 33 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Good book, keeps you reading and guessing, not easily figured out.
Twintoni avatar reviewed Sacred (Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro, Bk 3) on + 133 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Third book in the Kenzie/Gennaro partners in crime solving series. I think this one was the best so far. It is very suspenseful and full of surprise plot twists. The partners never know who is telling the truth or who to trust their lives with and one mistake could make this their last case.
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reviewed Sacred (Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro, Bk 3) on + 3 more book reviews
If you like Dennis Lehane, and the Kenzie/Gennaro books, this one will not disappoint. This one is less violent than the last two, which is not good or bad, just an observation.
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Another great one from Lehane. Would recommend reading the first two books of the series first (A Drink Before the War and Darkness, Take My Hand).


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