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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!

Fast-paced, twisting plot

Another great Dennis Lehane tale.

Great thriller by the wonderful Dennis Lehane.

Great read - Fast pace, and enough plot twists to keep you awake until you finish

Typical Lehane, action throughout as two investigators try and find a woman in Florida.

Good book - just what you would expect from Lehane.

Exciting book full of twists and turns.

A beautiful grief stricken woman vanishes without a trace. The detective hired to find her disappears as well. A dangerous cult manipulates the needy. Two private investigators-Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro are caught in the middle, trying to stay alive long enought to expose the truth.

This is not the best book in the series of Angie/Patrick novels, but I am a huge fan of Denis Lehane so I found it enjoyable.

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).

My dad gave me this - I've never read it so cannot comment on its merits (or lack thereof). I'm just not a huge Lehane fan, nothing about the book.