false <![CDATA[Sacred]]> 425124 15 Dennis Lehane won a Shamus Award for <i>A Drink Before the War</i>, his first book about working-class Boston detectives Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. His second in the series, <i>Darkness, Take My Hand</i>, got the kind of high octane reviews that careers are made of. Now Lehane not only survives the dreaded third-book curse, he beats it to death with a stick. <i>Sacred</i> is a dark and dangerous updating of Raymond Chandler's <i>The Big Sleep</i>, as dying billionaire Trevor Stone hires Kenzie and Gennaro to find his daughter, Desiree. Patrick's mentor, a wonderfully devious detective named Jay Becker, has already disappeared in St. Petersburg, Florida, while working the case, so the two head there to pick up a trail. Desiree, of course, is nothing like the sweet and simple beauty described by her father, and even Chandler would have been amazed by the plot twists that Lehane manages to keep coming. 1352373 1997 Sacred total:1197|5:270|4:517|3:350|2:54|1:6| 1197 4582 1501 93 5 1 false false Sat Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 09:36:34 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 09 09:49:55 -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 Thu Jun 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 10:48:29 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 08:08:51 -0700 2009
"Sacred" starts out somewhat more light-hearted than "A Drink Before the ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Aug 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jan 28 10:47:43 -0800 2008 Fri Aug 29 22:07:16 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 09:20:40 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 09:29:18 -0800 2009 2666). At 3 a.m. one wants som...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Nov 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Oct 25 18:48:34 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 18:48:34 -0700 2009
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I liked that Patrick and Angie ended up getting out of Boston for a bit on this one. The extra information on thei...more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Sat Nov 01 23:30:07 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 01 23:33:48 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 27 04:28:50 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 27 04:55:57 -0700 2008 Ultima series of computer role-playing games was inspired by the Dianetics self-help/Church of Scientology relationship, so is the relatio...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Apr 07 19:08:49 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 07 19:16:21 -0700 2008
This one is his tribute to the old school. It's plot filled with Femme Fatales, twisted upper class evil, shadowy cults, corrupt cops, and hard bitten PI's comes st...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Dec 12 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 10:09:37 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 12 13:08:36 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Apr 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 03 15:52:26 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 03 15:57:13 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Jun 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 19:52:54 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 19:57:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Nov 26 05:18:33 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 17:16:59 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Apr 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 14:08:06 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 18:46:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Oct 29 12:53:49 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 04 09:24:30 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 20:48:19 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 21:07:22 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 18:57:28 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 18:57:28 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Mon Jan 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 07:17:47 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 07:18:20 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Mon Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 1998 Mon Sep 07 13:57:25 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 13:57:41 -0700 2009 ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=425124