false 21681 13 In <i>Darkness, Take My Hand</i>, Dennis Lehane gives readers an authentic view of the Boston suburb of Dorchester, the scene of <i>A Drink Before the War</i>, winner of the Shamus Award from the Private Eye Writers of America. Dorchester, a solid blue-collar town with no shortage of good spots at which to sully up to the bar for a beer, is tarnished by a 20-year string of strangely similar killings. Patrick Kenzie, a local, becomes the improbable hero of this tale when he makes it his business to solve the slayings. The characters he encounters in Dorchester, with their distinctive accents and colorful pasts, make this mystery not only thrilling, but wildly entertaining. 1356228 book 7 1996 Darkness, Take My Hand total:1468|5:452|4:711|3:262|2:39|1:4| 1468 5972 1865 124 5 2 false false Sun Mar 02 19:19:01 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 02 19:24:31 -0800 2008
The reason I was on the Amtrack was because I had to come home after putting my beloved Labrador, who I've had since I was 10 to sleep, this being after I watched her suffer from a bad case of bowel cancer for two ...more...]]> 5 0 true false Sat Oct 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 17:08:03 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 16:31:06 -0700 2009
Those of you who know me —or my writing— are aware of my intimate relationship with hyperbole. I love saying "This is one of the best ____ ever" or "One of the greatest _____ of all time." This time, ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 07 18:53:13 -0800 2007 Wed Jan 23 13:38:57 -0800 2008 A Drink Before The War" left off, this novel has the detectives on the prowl of members of the Irish mob. As with all of his novels, this one is s...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Aug 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jan 28 10:47:35 -0800 2008 Thu Aug 07 09:48:42 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 10:07:44 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 20:45:26 -0700 2009
This book is a very good mystery novel. I think it ranks right up there with a Patterson book, except better really, in my opinion. I really like Lehane's style so much, plus I am partially from Boston...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 15 12:10:26 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 12:46:06 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Oct 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 16:10:34 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 16:21:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Thu Jun 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 12:08:27 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 12:15:14 -0700 2009
It's about how violence changes people in childhood, and how those people deal with violence as an adult. It's about how one violent act can change the course of a life.

This book was hard for me to read. Lehane didn't just write a book about vi...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Aug 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 10:07:06 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 06:55:40 -0700 2009 Lehane is able to hold my interest a...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Apr 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 09:19:03 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 12:35:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false true Sun Nov 09 09:00:47 -0800 2008 Wed May 20 14:45:34 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Aug 19 08:13:04 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 08:16:42 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jun 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 26 14:02:31 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 26 14:11:58 -0700 2008
You probably know Dennis Lehane for the movies that have been taken from his books like "Mystic River" and "Gone Baby Gone". Recently Martin Scorsese has taken up Lehane's "Shutter Island" with actors Leonardo DiCapri...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 09:36:14 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 09 09:04:12 -0700 2008 The part in bold applies to the entire Patrick Kensie / Angie Gennero series.

After watching the moving 'Gone Baby Gone' I wanted to read this series of books. I wasn't disappointed. The stories may not be classics, but they grab you and you want to read to the end. Most importantly fo...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Aug 28 00:00:00 -0700 1998 Tue Feb 05 09:34:50 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 05 09:37:34 -0800 2008
The first novel, A Drink Before the War, did a fine job of introducing these characters, along with an adequate s...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Mar 09 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 04 07:56:23 -0800 2007 Sun Mar 09 19:22:14 -0700 2008
I found portions of it tiresome, the sexual relationships. This guy sure...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 10:22:31 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 12:23:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Dec 11 10:09:04 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 10:19:53 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue May 13 10:26:05 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 08:56:33 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Sep 08 15:26:11 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 15:28:04 -0700 2009
I highly recommend this book to anyone who is looking for a l...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=21681