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Prayers for Rain (Paperback)

by Dennis Lehane (Author)
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Product details

  • Paperback: 448 pages
  • Publisher: Bantam Books; New edition edition (1 Sep 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0553818252
  • ISBN-13: 978-0553818253
  • Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 10.8 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 20,161 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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    #6 in  Books > Crime, Thrillers & Mystery > Authors, A-Z > L > Lehane, Dennis

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Boston private investigators, Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro's relationship has hit the skids - their long-standing professional commitment and growing romance have disintegrated due to seemingly irreparable personal differences. But despite these problems, "Prayers for Rain" brings them together again to close down a predator whose modus operandi seems to put him beyond the law. This killer's insidious murder weapon is within his victims' minds: no smoking gun, no bloody knife, just merciless manipulation until despair drives his targets to kill themselves. As Patrick and Angie attempt to identify and save his next victim, this sinister force turns on them and thus begins a dangerous battle of wits: a tormenting, life-threatening game of psychological warfare in which simple survival seems a mixed blessing - because not even the winner will emerge unscathed.

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‘DISCOVERING DENNIS LEHANE IS A BIT LIKE FINDING A MONDRIAN IN THE ATTIC: SURPRISE FOLLOWED BY ECSTASY’
Independent on Sunday

When Boston private investigator Patrick Kenzie meets Karen Nichols, she strikes him as an innocent from a protected upbringing.But six months later when Karen takes her own life, Patrick is left wondering what can change so drastically and so quickly that suicide seems the only option?

Through the final weeks of a stifling summer, and with the help of his ex-partner, Angela Gennaro, and his friend, the lethally unbalanced Bubba Rogowski, Patrick enters into psychological warfare with a brilliant sociopath who, instead of merely killing his victims, prefers to make them wish they were dead.

As the stakes grow higher and more personal, they find themselves fighting a losing battle with an enemy the law can’t touch, who is always one step ahead, who is gradually discovering their weaknesses, their loves, and is determined to tear their world apart.

‘CRACKLES ALONG AT AN ELECTRIC PACE, PACKED WITH FALSE LEADS, SUDDEN BURSTS OF VIOLENCE AND ONE TWIST AFTER ANOTHER, RIGHT TO THE VERY LAST PAGE. FANTASTIC’
Maxim

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5.0 out of 5 stars Dark and all to Real, 7 Jan 2008
By Katie Osborne (Portland, Oregon and the sunny Caribbean) - See all my reviews
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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. Then when Karen commits suicide he's consumed by guilt. With Angie and Bubba with him on the case, Patrick learns that there was more than a stalker in Karen's life and now all three of them are in danger.

This book is best read after the others in the series, but it is a stand alone novel. And like his other books, Lehane takes us on a ride to the dark side of human behavior, but he's such an excellent story teller that we're there before we know it happened. There is a lot violence here and it seems all too real, so real it's scary. Lehane paints his people with the brush of truth, his descriptions with the brush of fact. A five star book if ever there was one.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Bad taste, 8 Nov 2008
By Maurice Hill "mo" (Alicante, Spain) - See all my reviews
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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. And we get the gory details. That's why I gave up on this book (the first time in thousands) and I may not be qualified to list all its charms. The long digressions and descriptions between actions or lines of dialogue are another drawback. It is seldom important to know what colour shoes everyone is wearing, and I prefer stories where things keep happening. Another drink? What kind of drink? Vodka? What brand of vodka? How much? How do you drink it? How do you put the glass down? How's your Aunt Fanny? Get on with the story!
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars constantly high up there, 15 Oct 2008
By Ramses "Alexandria's Library" (Egypt) - See all my reviews
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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, Patrick and Bubba) etc. Basically if you like Lehane you won't be disappointed with this one (which happens chronologically after "Gone Baby GOne" - a top book made into a poor movie
recently). Enjoy !
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