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Master of new noir Dennis Lehane magnificently evokes the dignity and savagery of working-class Boston in Darkness, Take My Hand, a terrifying tale of 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 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 that have long lain dormant erupt, setting off a chain of violent murders that will stain everything – including the truth.

With razor-sharp dialogue and penetrating prose, Darkness, Take My Hand is another superior crime novel from the author of Mystic River; Gone, Baby, Gone; and Shutter Island.

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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.

Boston private detectives Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro try to protect the son of a prominent psychiatrist in the midst of an ever-growing body count and a list of clues that point impossibly to a serial killer who has been in prison for twenty years.

A man is murdered in Boston by crucifixion, recalling a similar murder 20 years earlier for which a killer is serving time in prison. So it can't be him, or can it? As bodies pile up PIs Angela Dimassi Gennaro and Patrick Kenzie go to work. By the author of A Drink Before the War.

Wisecracking private detective Patrick Kenzie and Angela Dimassi Gennaro find themselves mixed up with Boston's Irish mafia and a maniacal serial killer.

A thriller about a series of horrifying murders featuring the wisecracking detectives, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. By the author of A Drink Before the War.

When Detectives Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro agree to protect the son of a prominent psychiatrist, they soon find the bodies are piling up around them. And what's more, all the clues point to a serial killer who has been in prison for 20 years, so he can't be killing again, can he?

When wisecracking detectives Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro agree to protect the son of a prominent psychiatrist who believes she may have angered the Boston Irish Mafia, they soon find bodies are piling up around them -seemingly unconnected with their case. And what's more all the clues point to an unlikely suspect -a serial killer who has been in prison for twenty years, so he can't be killing again, can he?As Angie and Patrick try to find out what kind of human being could perform such horrifying acts of rape, mutilation, torture and dismemberment, they discover that the killer's motive is disturbingly rooted in their own distant past. In a series of heart-stopping climaxes that grow ever more terrifying and bloody, the two work frantically with the Boston cops, the FBI, the local Mafia, and the folks from their old neighbourhood to unearth the killer before they become victims themselves.

Master of new noir Dennis Lehane magnificently evokes the dignity and savagery of working-class Boston in Darkness, Take My Hand, a terrifying tale of 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 about cold-blooded retribution. Born and bred on the mean streets of blue-collar Dorchester, they've seen the darkness that lives in the he.

Master of new noir Dennis Lehane magnificently evokes the dignity and savagery of working-class Boston in Darkness, Take My HandDarkness, Take My Hand Mystic River; Gone, Baby, Gone; and Shutter Island.

Korean edition of DARKNESS, TAKE MY HAND by Dennis Lehane, the author of Shutter Island. In Korean. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.

The second Dennis Lehane book featuring Detectives Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro

±Una de las 100 mejores novelas negras del siglo XX American Booksellers Association. ±Sobresaliente e impredecible. [...] La voz de Dennis Lehane, original, inquietante y directa, enriquece el g?ero negro. Publishers Weekly Patrick Kenzie recibe el encargo de la conocida psiquiatra Diandra Warren de proteger a su hijo Jason, vc?tima de amenazas y mensajes ann?imos, supuestamente por parte de la mafia irlandesa. El caso suena arriesgado, aunque sencillo: sin embargo, cierta incongruencia en los hechos parece indicar la existencia de una amenaza ms? profunda. La investigacin? se complica cuando el degradado barrio bostoniano de Dorchester, en el que Kenzie vivi ?su adolescencia, se convierte en escenario de asesinatos cuya singular crueldad recuerda crm?enes ocurridos veinte a?s antes all ?mismo. En el curso de una desenfrenada cazael hombre, en compa?? de Angela Gennaro y su fiel Bubba Rogowski, Kenzie descubrir ?que la siguiente vc?tima podra? ser ?. Con un dominio imponente de la escritura, Dennis Lehane combina traumas infantiles, delincuencia callejera y amores tormentosos en la segunda investigacin? de los detectives Patrick Kenzie y Angela Gennaro. Considerado por la crt?ica como una de las cimas del g?ero negro, este thriller psicolg?ico de asesinatos en serie, adictivo y muy bien construido, es una lectura imprescindible para todos los amantes de la novela negra estadounidense. La crt?ica ha dicho: ±Sobresaliente e impredecible. [...] La voz de Dennis Lehane, original, inquietante y directa, enriquece el g?ero negro. Publishers Weekly ±Un gran descubrimiento literario. Enric Gonzl?ez ±Dennis Lehane habla de callejas y tipos duros, pero ms? abajo, a la altura infantil de las rodillas esconde un cruento escalofro? de los hermanos Grimm o de Hoffman. [...] Un crucificador anda suelto. El Mundo ±Un ni? que hay que proteger de la mafia irlandesa, un cadv?er que aparece crucificado y la estela de un asesino en serie que fue encerrado hace veinte a?s y cuyo recuerdo vuelve a inquietar la ciudad son las tramas que se entrecruzan en esta novela de Dennis Lehane, uno de los escritores ms? contundentes y sl?idos. La Razn? ±Impresionante e impactante, implacable y aterradora. [...] Es todo lo que una novela negra actual debera? ser y mucho ms?. Espeluznante, incm?oda y fascinante. John Dufresne

Privatdetektiverna Patrick Kenzie och Angela Gennaro njuter av sensommaren i sitt kontor i Dorchester? arbetarstadsdelen med sÄvÀl etnisk mÄngfald som svÄra problem, dÀr de bÄda vuxit upp? nÀr de kallas till sitt nÀsta fall. Dr. Diandra Warren, en kÀnd psykiater, tror att hon av misstag har förargat en inflytelserik medlem av Bostons irlÀndska maffia, och hon ber att Patrick och Angie ska skydda hennes son frÄn maffians hÀmnd. Men kan detektiverna skydda honom frÄn skurken som inte bara Àr maffialedarens högra hand, men som ocksÄ vÀxt upp tillsammans med Patrick och Angie? Kan Dr. Warrens före detta man, en tongivande allmÀn Äklagare, hjÀlpa till att försvara sin son? Allt eftersom detektiverna grÀver sig djupare in i fallet, blir morden runt dem fler och fler. Bevisen börjar peka mot en otÀnkbar misstÀnkt? en seriemördare som sitter i fÀngelse sedan tjugo Är tillbaka. Patrick och Angie mÄste snabbt ta reda pÄ om och hur han kan ha nÄgot med morden att göra, och vad, om nÄgot, hans koppling till mÀnniskorna i deras stadsdel Àr. Trots att de bÄda Àr vana vid att arbeta med brott, Àr de oförberedda pÄ den ondska som lÀnge gömda hemligheter nu slÀpper lös och som gör sanningen svÄr att leva med. "Mörk och hypnotisk" Guardian [Elib]

Deckare med privatdetektiverna Patrick Kenzie och Angie Genaro i huvudrollerna