Will Byrnes's Reviews > Prayers for Rain

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Dennis Lehane - from The Boston Globe - photo by David L. Ryan

In the fifth entry in Dennis Lehane’s Kenzie & Gennaro series, Karen Nichols comes to PI Patrick Kenzie when she is being harassed by a known rapist. After Patrick succeeds in suggesting to the fellow that he would survive longer if he left her alone, the situation quiets down. Six weeks later, as he is leaving town for a vacation with fuck-buddy Vanessa, Karen calls Kenzie asking for help. Patrick decides to call her back when he returns from his trip. By then it is too late, as Karen is dead. Driven by guilt, and a conviction that there is something fishy about Karen’s death, Kenzie reunites with Angie to see what lies behind the tragedy. There is much to find, including a sociopath who is trying to extort millions from Karen’s mother and stepfather. He knows their deep, dark secret. He does his dirt by destroying people’s lives. Another wild ride for the cast, including a night-vision-goggle-equipped assault on an abandoned military medical facility in a cranberry swamp. Another in a continuing series of first-rate thrillers from Lehane. As the series continues, however, there is an increasing willingness to perform acts that are clearly outside the law. This is troubling. However, the book remains a good read.


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Other books by Lehane I have read/reviewed

The Coughlin Series
-----The Given Day
-----Live by Night
-----World Gone By

Kenzie and Gennaro
-----A Drink Before War - #1
-----Darkness, Take My Hand - #2
-----Sacred - #3
-----Gone, Baby Gone - #4
-----Moonlight Mile - #6

Read, but not Reviewed
-----Mystic River - a masterpiece
-----Shutter Island - not