Prayers for rain

Pages: 480
Published: 1999
Language: English

Private investigator Patrick Kenzie is haunted by the tragic death of a former client, a woman driven to self-destruction. He uncovers a sadistic stalker who meticulously orchestrated her downfall, a monster beyond the reach of the law. Kenzie and his partner, Angela Gennaro, must confront this psychopath in a twisted battle of wits, even as the predator turns their attention to them.

Prose complexity: 7/10

Collected in

Dennis Lehane Collection: Sacred, Gone Baby Gone, Prayers for Rain

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Revenge Anti-Hero

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Dennis Lehane

Dennis Lehane is an American novelist born August 4, 1965, in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. He is best known for a series of hardboiled mysteries featuring Boston private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro, beginning with A Drink Before the War (1994), and for standalone novels including Mystic River, Shutter Island, The Given Day, and Small Mercies. Four of his novels have been adapted into films: Mystic River (2003, directed by Clint Eastwood), Gone Baby Go...