· A New York Times Notable Book. Now available with a contemporary look, New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane’s Prayers for Rain is a “hard boiled shocker” (New York Times Book Review) and stunning psychological thriller about a master sadist determined to tear Kenzie and Gennaro’s world apart. When Patrick first meets Karen Nichols, she strikes him as a naive Brand: HarperCollins Publishers. · As a follow-up, Prayers for Rain is a solid effort. Lehane grew as a writer considerably in the 5 years between Drink and Prayers. His descriptions, his prose, the dimensionality of his characters, are all reasonable. Not exactly exceptional, but enjoyable and non-disruptive in this novel/5. Prayers for Rain is another superior thriller from Dennis Lehane, the bestselling and acclaimed author of Mystic River, Shutter Island, and Gone, Baby, Gone/5().
Prayers for Rain, Lehane's fifth book about private investigator Patrick Kenzie, is his sharpest yet. The series (begun in with A Drink Before the War) is set in contemporary Boston, a gleaming city of commerce, academia and high tech built atop a Byzantine infrastructure of tough ethnic loyalties and shady political deals. Prayers for Rain is Dennis Lehane's fifth installment in his intricately plotted, beautifully written, and much underacknowledged Boston mystery series. Lehane's books reflect our morally complex times, when the borders between right and wrong are somewhat blurry. Prayers for Rain is Dennis Lehane's fifth installment in his intricately plotted, beautifully written, and much underacknowledged Boston mystery series. Lehane's books reflect our morally complex times, when the borders between right and wrong are somewhat blurry. Private investigator Patrick Kenzie is in the middle of a personal crisis--he's lost his passion for the profession, and is tired.
As a follow-up, Prayers for Rain is a solid effort. Lehane grew as a writer considerably in the 5 years between Drink and Prayers. His descriptions, his prose, the dimensionality of his characters, are all reasonable. Not exactly exceptional, but enjoyable and non-disruptive in this novel. Dennis Lehane. 20, ratings reviews. A New York Times Notable Book. Now available with a contemporary look, New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane’s Prayers for Rain is a “hard boiled shocker” (New York Times Book Review) and stunning psychological thriller about a master sadist determined to tear Kenzie and Gennaro’s world apart. A New York Times Notable Book. Now available with a contemporary look, New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane’s Prayers for Rain is a “hard boiled shocker” (New York Times Book Review) and stunning psychological thriller about a master sadist determined to tear Kenzie and Gennaro’s world apart. When Patrick first meets Karen Nichols, she strikes him as a naive woman from a protected upbringing, untouched by tragedy.
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