A Drink Before the War - Dennis Lehane

A Drink Before the War

By Dennis Lehane

  • Release Date: 2010-07-27
  • Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers
Score: 4
4
From 536 Ratings
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Description

The mesmerizing, darkly
original novel that heralded the arrival of now New York Times
bestselling author Dennis Lehane, the master of the new noir—and introduced
Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro, his smart and tough private investigators
weaned on the blue-collar streets of Dorchester.

A cabal of powerful Boston
politicians is willing to pay Kenzie and Gennaro big money for a seemingly
small job: to find a missing cleaning woman who stole some secret documents. As
Kenzie and Gennaro learn, however, this crime is no ordinary theft. It's about
justice, about right and wrong. But in Boston, finding the truth isn’t just a
dirty business . . . it’s deadly.

Reviews

  • A tough but good read

    4
    By TigersJC86
    This was a difficult read dealing with very difficult topics and issues regarding race and politics. I wouldn’t recommend this if you are squeamish and even if you aren’t it’ll still bother you. I do give credit to the author for making this a very lived in feel and I can picture the actors in Gone Baby Gone perfectly in the characters.

  • The times we find ourselves in.

    5
    By Jsmwoods
    Well written chronicle of how we got to where we are with hints of what has to be done to be better. A actually , it was much better to being merely well written.

  • Fast paced and compelling

    5
    By Hdahgacceggfghjfdgjgshjf
    I found the books pacing to be engaging. I thought the characters were fairly believable. I liked the plot and how it unraveled. A good quick read.

  • Made Me

    4
    By AtomicCoug
    think a little

  • Excellent characters.

    4
    By NancyZF
    Liked the complexity of the plot .

  • Was a recommendation...

    5
    By Kelli_ud
    ... and I LOVED IT! Hard to put down. Witty characters and thought provoking content.

  • Great read

    4
    By Thomas Dock
    Best book I’ve read yet!

  • Racist novel

    2
    By Sdfrdeghfrjed
    Every other page was racist and about race. The author seems to hate black people

  • A Drink Before the War

    3
    By Abro99
    Good read

  • Very good

    5
    By Reader811
    I've read all of Lehane's books and enjoyed them all. I heartily recommend this mystery for it's good plot, good writing and good chacterization

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