“Devilishly twisted, a kind of Elmore Leonard–meets–The Sting in which everyone is trying to con everyone else…Sacred is a first-class novel that will delight anyone who loves an intricate mystery.” “Sharp verbal patter, a noirish kind of good/bad girl and a dying and quite possibly sinister old man all enliven this third stellar effort…The punishing pace and internal plot logic perform in perfect tandem…Lehane proves he belongs in the big leagues with another gritty and surpassingly entertaining mystery.” “With its tight dialogue, explosive action scenes and heart wrenching emotional crises, Sacred is difficult to put down.” “As smart and fast a contemporary crime novel as you could wish for.” “Lively and entertaining…Driven by a fast-paced, twisting plot.” Michael Connelly, #1 New York Times bestselling author With the wonderfully written Sacred, he shows that he gets better each time out.” 'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title.“ turns the hard-boiled detective novel into an elegiac treatise on the corruption of the soul. And with Sacred, Lehane confirms his status as today's hottest young author of first-rate mysteries that are also smartly written literary novels.

Snappy dialogue, explosive action scenes, and original characters have become Dennis Lehane's trademarks. And the more Patrick and Angie discover, the more they realize that on this case, any wrong step will certainly be their last.

Nothing is remotely what is seems as the detectives travel from the windblown streets of Boston to the rum-punch sunsets of Florida's Gulf Coast and back again, searching for a woman and a man who could be saints or sinners, victims or victimizers, alive or dead. So has the first investigator Stone hired to find her: Jay Becker, Patrick's mentor.Īs Patrick and Angie begin their search, they are led down a trial of half-truths and corruption into a world in which a therapeutic organization may be fronting for a dangerous and seductive cult, a high-tech private investigation firm may be covering up lethal crimes, and a stolen cache of millions in illegal funds may be tied to both disappearances and a tanker full of heroin.

Grief-stricken over the accidental death of her mother and the impending death of her father, Desiree Stone has been missing for three weeks. This compelling and fast-paced thriller begins when dying billionaire Trevor Stone hires Boston private detectives Patrick Kenzie and Angela Genaro to find his missing daughter. Author of the critically acclaimed Darkness, Take My Hand and A Drink Before the War, Dennis Lehane, the boldest voice in suspense fiction, once again delights readers with his stunning new novel, Sacred.

Sacred by Dennis Lehane