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Shutter Island

Shutter Island

A Novel
CrimeHistorical Fiction
Pages
400
Published
2003
Language
English

Synopsis

U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels and his partner, Chuck Aule, come to Shutter Island's Ashecliffe Hospital in search of an escaped mental patient, but uncover true wickedness as Ashecliffe's mysterious patient treatments propel them to the brink of insanity.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

TenseDarkAtmospheric
Unreliable NarratorLocked RoomMystery Box

Genres

Crime Historical Fiction Horror Mystery Psychological Thriller Literary Fiction Suspense Thriller

About the author

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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...

Characters

Teddy DanielsProtagonist
Chuck AuleSupporting
All characters in Shutter Island

Frequently asked questions

  • Is Shutter Island part of a series?

    No. Shutter Island is a standalone novel by Dennis Lehane, first published in 2003. Lehane has not written a sequel or prequel to it.

  • Has Shutter Island been adapted into a film?

    Yes. Shutter Island was adapted into a 2010 film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio as U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels.

  • Who narrates the Shutter Island audiobook?

    The audiobook is narrated by actor David Strathairn.

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