- Paperback: 448 pages
- Publisher: Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group); New edition edition (1 July 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0553812211
- ISBN-13: 978-0553812213
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 10.8 x 3.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 410,384 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Prayers for Rain is Dennis Lehane's fifth instalment in his intricately plotted, beautifully written and much under-acknowledged 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 of people with their "predictable vices, their predictable needs and wants and dormant desires." Angie Gennaro, his occasional sweetheart, lifelong friend and fellow investigator has quit the business. She's still deeply resentful about Patrick's handling of the Amanda McCready case, the focus of Gone, Baby, Gone. Without Angie, private investigating has lost its fizz.
The suicide of a former client, Karen Nichols, gives Kenzie his investigative itch back. Six months earlier, Kenzie tracked down a stalker who had been harassing Nichols and put an end to his heinous hobby. But Nichols needed more help than this PI could ever have imagined. "She'd been drowning and I'd been busy." The successful, middle-class young woman had been sinking into a sea of drugs, alcohol and prostitution, hitting the bottom when she jumped from the Boston Custom House. Her death consumes Kenzie--he is convinced that someone pulled her into the vortex, although her nearest and dearest simply call her weak.
Kenzie teams up with his explosive, loving, gun-toting friend Bubba Rogowski, and, after a boozy reunion, Angie Gennaro joins them. This fearless threesome must surely be the most original team in contemporary crime fiction. Good at the core--but seriously screwed up by various demons from their pasts--tact and decorum is hardly their style. They work their way across Boston, doing whatever it takes to question Nichols's family and acquaintances. By unveiling the real Nichols, tragic family secrets, betrayals and conspiracies are also unmasked.
If you haven't experienced Dennis Lehane's world before, be prepared for an invigorating new reading experience. --Naomi Gesinger --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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"The well-oiled plot mechanics, edge-of-the-knife dialogue and explosive bursts of violence are polished and primed in this hard-boiled shocker"-- "The New York Times Book Review
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This was a bit hard to put down, quite frankly, and I finished it in two sessions.
Parts of the plot are pretty improbable, but the story moves very well with characters who are easy to warm to. Good doses of wit too, here and there.
In short, Lehane has done little wrong, in my view, with this very good thriller.
There's enough room for a sequel here, so it will be interesting to see if he does follow through.
Parts of the plot are pretty improbable, but the story moves very well with characters who are easy to warm to. Good doses of wit too, here and there.
In short, Lehane has done little wrong, in my view, with this very good thriller.
There's enough room for a sequel here, so it will be interesting to see if he does follow through.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I was looking for a book to take away on holiday with me and for some strange reason I chose a book by an author I'd never heard of, and I'm glad I did. I found this book turned the pages itself. I finished it on the first night much to my disappointment as I still had 2weeks left. I have since read all of the Kenzie/Gennero series and I hope Lehane decides to write more. I found the way in which the Lehane takes on the role as Kenzie to be amazing. In some books you see every one perspective which can spoil the plot some what but Lehanes way of writing and attention to detail makes you believe that you are Kenzie. The only thing that spoiled the series for me was the fact that I didn't read them in order, which on a couple of occasions spoiled the plot but never, spoilt a very enjoyable read.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
dennis lehane has done it again. a compelling narrative with the usual dark tormented soul stuff but what really makes his novels is the characters. it's enough to make you forgive the use of first person narrative the villainy seems to step up book by book as well. not as dark as sacred, prayers for rain is still full of the violence and passion we've come to expect. and thank god angie gennaro's back.
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Brilliant!
I am working my way through all of Dennis Lehane's books (in order!) and this is so far, my favourite in the Kenzie/Gremmaro series. Read more
Published 3 months ago by London Girl
Prayers For Rain
An entertaining read; virtually unputdownable. The lively pace of Lehane's writing carries the reader along and makes the book one for re-reading if only to enjoy some of the... Read more
Published 6 months ago by A customer
brilliant!
this was my first lehane novel and, not really knowing what to expect, i was pleasantly surprised to find it very enjoyable. the plot is exciting and the characters very likeable. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Ms. Louise Griffiths
Debaser
Dennis Lehane bounces back from the fun-free insomnia cure Gone Baby Gone with the second best novel in the Kenzie and Gennaro series. Read more
Published 17 months ago by P. J. Potter
The only sin in combat is hesitation
First published in 1999, Prayers for Rain is the fifth in the series about Boston private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro, and has turned out to be the last. Read more
Published on 2 Sep 2009 by Her Majesty The Queen
Fantastic read.
Prayers for Rain is Dennis Lehane's fifth book, however amazingly the first I have ever read. He has a series based on the characters in this book and they are detailed... Read more
Published on 30 Aug 2009 by Best Books To Read
Bad taste
It's a queston of taste. Our 'hero' in this book, and his chum Bubba, are sick with bloodlust, and they take their second greatest pleasure in torturing other people. Read more
Published on 8 Nov 2008 by Maurice Hill
constantly high up there
I am methodically going through Lehane's books (not in any special order),
and this one has the trademark original plot, violence, fun, savory characters we like (Angie,... Read more
and this one has the trademark original plot, violence, fun, savory characters we like (Angie,... Read more
Published on 15 Oct 2008 by Ramses
"We need stuff. Illegal stuff."
(4.5 stars) Never one to be deterred by legal "technicalities" when he solves his cases, Patrick Kenzie, a Boston private detective, is up to his eyeballs in his own problems when... Read more
Published on 8 Oct 2008 by Mary Whipple
Dark and all to Real
Things haven't been going well for Patrick Kenzie, so when Karen Nichols hires him to get a stalker off her back, he doesn't give it his best effort. Read more
Published on 7 Jan 2008 by Laurel Whitehead
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