Synopsis
Billionaire Trevor Stone is dying, and his grief-stricken daughter has been missing for three weeks. Stone hires detectives Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro to track her down. But as they search, Patrick and Angie dig up cult members, millions of dollars of stolen funds, and a huge quantity of heroin. What does all this have to do with Stone's daughter? Plenty. And Patrick and Angie are in so deep that they're not sure they'll get out with their lives.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1998-06-01 |
| Size | | Height: | 6.3 in | | Width: | 4.3 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 6.4 oz |
Publisher's Note
A beautiful, grief-stricken woman vanishes without a trace. The detective hired to find her disappears as well. A dangerous cult manipulates the needy. A dying billionaire rages against fate. And two private investigators, Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro, are caught in the middle, trying to stay alive long enough to expose the lies and find the truth . . . Dennis Lehane, the boldest new voice in detective fiction, straps you in for an explosive ride into a world of lies and corruption where up is down, black is white, and trusting anyone will get you killed. From the gritty streets of Boston to the rum-punch sunsets of the Florida Gulf Coast, Kenzie and Gennaro follow a trail of missing money and missing people. And only one thing's for sure: the more they learn, the more they realize that any step could he their lost. So buckle up and prepare to be riveted by one of the hottest young writers around--and a book in which no one is safe and nothing is sacred.
A dying billionaire hires private detectives Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro to find his missing daughter, after the first investigator on the case has disappeared. They are about to enter a world of corruption where nothing is what it seems, and the two people they seek could be saints or sinners, victims or victimizers, alive or dead. From the gutsy streets of Boston to the rum-punch sunsets of the Florida Gulf Coast, the more Patrick and Angie learn, the better they understand: every step could be their last.
Industry Reviews
"Driven by a fast-paced, twisting plot, these two keep up a flippant commentary on the foreign life-forms while engaging in some bruising tussles with a sinister group of religious swindlers who may or may not be the villains in the piece."
New York Times Book Review - Marilyn Stasio (08/24/1997)
"Lehane keeps the twists coming and the reader guessing, but his treatment of the deep love between Patrick and Angie is downright touching. The complex Angie, a working-class Italian woman who is at once tough and achingly private, and Patrick, the thoughtful but cynical product of a traumatic childhood, are the most captivating couple in mystery fiction today."
San Francisco Chronicle Book Review - Peter Handel (08/03/1997)
"Lehane's barn-burning third novel packs enough beatings, betrayals, unmaskings, resurrections, smart talk, and untrustworthy people for the most jaded palate. If you haven't discovered this gifted newcomer yet, you'd better hurry before his ship of fools and knaves casts off without you."
King
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