A Drink Before the War - (Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro) by Dennis Lehane (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The first in Lehane's acclaimed series with Boston detectives Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro is a remarkable debut that is at once a pulsating crime thriller and a mirror of the world, one in which the worst human horrors are found closest to home, and the most vicious obscenities are committed in the name of love.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>The mesmerizing, darkly original novel that heralded the arrival of now <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author Dennis Lehane, the master of the new noir--and introduced Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro, his smart and tough private investigators weaned on the blue-collar streets of Dorchester.</strong></p> <p>A cabal of powerful Boston politicians is willing to pay Kenzie and Gennaro big money for a seemingly small job: to find a missing cleaning woman who stole some secret documents. As Kenzie and Gennaro learn, however, this crime is no ordinary theft. It's about justice, about right and wrong. But in Boston, finding the truth isn't just a dirty business . . . it's deadly.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>As richly complex and brutal as the terrain it depicts, here is the mesmerizing, darkly original novel that heralded the arrival of Dennis Lehane, the master of the new noir--and introduced Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro, his smart and tough private investigators weaned on the blue-collar streets of Dorchester.</p><p>A cabal of powerful Boston politicians is willing to pay Kenzie and Gennaro big money for a seemingly small job: to find a missing cleaning woman who stole some secret documents. As Kenzie and Gennaro learn, however, this crime is no ordinary theft. It's about justice, about right and wrong. But in Boston, finding the truth isn't just a dirty business . . . it's deadly.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>PRAISE FOR A DRINK BEFORE THE WAR<BR>"Harsh and chilling . . . An absolutely terrific story."-The Boston Sunday Globe <BR>"The superb detective novels of Dennis Lehane . . . became a kind of lifeline for me."-Stephen King<BR><br>
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