Lehane, Dennis

New York. 1996. Morrow. 1st Printing. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0688143806. Winner Of The Shamus Award For A Drink Before The War. 336 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Bradford Foltz. Jacket photograph by Photonica. Signed by the Author. keywords: Mystery Literature Boston America. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Gritty and thoroughly engaging, DARKNESS, TAKE MY HAND is the electrifying sequel to Dennis Lehane's award-winning and best-selling debut novel, A DRINK BEFORE THE WAR. Lehane's stunning thriller sees the return of tough-talking, hard-playing Boston private detectives Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro. The detectives are enjoying Indian summer in their office in an old church belfry in Dorchester - the blue-collar, racially and ethnically diverse but troubled part of Boston where they grew up - when they are called to their next case. Dr. Diandra Warren, a prominent psychiatrist, believes she has inadvertently angered a powerful member of the Boston Irish Mafia and asks Patrick and Angie to protect her vulnerable son from retribution. Can the detectives shield him from the thug who is not only right-hand man to the head of the Irish Mafia but who grew up with Patrick and Angie? Can Dr. Warren's ex-husband, the most powerful district attorney in the Boston area, help to protect his estranged son? As the detectives are drawn deeper into the case, bodies begin piling up around them. The clues begin to point unaccountably to an unlikely suspect - a serial killer who has been in prison for twenty years of a life sentence. Patrick and Angie must find out if he has indeed inexplicably resurfaced and what, if anything, his connection is to the people from their neighborhood. With DARKNESS; TAKE MY HAND, Lehane once again creates a world sizzling with sex and violence and an undercurrent of black humor. Lehane's first-rate mystery and smartly written novel solidifies his status as one of the leading voices of contemporary private-eye writers. inventory #38171 ISBN: 0688143806.