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The master of the new noir, Dennis Lehane magnificently evokes the dignity and savagery of working-class Boston in this terrifying tale of darkness and redemption.
Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro's latest client is a prominent Boston psychiatrist running scared from a vengeful Irish mob. The private investigators know something about cold-blooded retribution. Born and bred on the mean streets of blue-collar Dorchester, they've seen the darkness that lives in the hearts of the unfortunate. But an evil for which even they are unprepared is about to strike as secrets long-dormant erupt, setting off a chain of violent murders that will stain everything -- including the truth.
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- Literature & Fiction >> General >> Contemporary
- Mystery & Thrillers >> Mystery >> General
- Mystery & Thrillers >> Mystery >> Hard-Boiled
- Mystery & Thrillers >> Authors, A-Z >> ( L ) >> Lehane, Dennis >> General
- Mystery & Thrillers >> Authors, A-Z >> ( L ) >> Lehane, Dennis >> Paperback
- Mystery & Thrillers >> General
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This was a really good book. I'd suggest reading the series from the beginning (this is the second; start with A Drink Before the War). I love Dennis Lehane's writing.
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2 member(s) found this review helpful.
All Dennis Lehane's Patrick Kenzie/Angela Gennaro novels are great. Fast reads . I loved it.
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2 member(s) found this review helpful.
I read this years ago when it came out. As I pulled it off the shelf to list here on the site, I found a note I wrote on the business card I'd used as a bookmark. Here's what it says:
"Don't read this book. It's dehumanizing, violent, gory, and bleak. It's so dark you need a laser to punch any light throught to it. Skip it."
My opinion hasn't changed.
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
By the author of Mystic River, this stunning mystery 'chills to the bone.'
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Another good story from Dennis Lehane
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
I loved the Kenzie series. I like his loyal, if eccentric, friends. I do hope there will be more!
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Ranked as a top modern mystery novel, this book puts you again in the hands of the Dorchester detectives that the author introduced in A Drink Before the War. "Crime literature" is what the commentators call it - I just think it's an interesting book to read.
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
This book is full of suspense and mystery. A must for the mystery reader.
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
A very tight mystery with remarkably believable protagonists - Love these two
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I would recommend reading A Drink Before the War before Darkness, Take My Hand because ADBTW is the first book in the Kenzie/Gennaro series and it is a great book. But DTMH is even better. Do not miss it. Clear your calendar because you won't be able to put it down. Not only is it a thrilling ride about a team of serial killers in Boston with links to private investigator Patrick Kenzie (Warning...not for the faint of heart) it is a well crafted book. Scary, suspensful, and fast paced.
Sharon C. (Another great Patrick Kenzie & Angela Gennaro read. I think I have read them all now.
Always a real page turner for me. Love them all !!
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