Sacred - Mass Market Paperbound

by Dennis Lehane (Author)

"Lehane's voice is an original. He turns the hard-boiled detective novel into an elegiac treatise on the corruption of the soul."--Michael Connelly

Now available with a contemporary look for a new generation, New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane's classic tale featuring iconic private eyes Kenzie & Gennaro that brilliantly interweaves beauty and violence, integrity and evil.

A beautiful, grief-stricken woman has vanished without a trace. So has the detective hired to find her. So has a pile of money. . .

Enter tough-nosed Boston private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro. Rooted in the streets of blue-collar Dorchester, they've seen it all--and survived. But this gripping missing person case leads them into unexpected territory: a place of lies and corruption, where trusting anyone could get them killed, and where nothing is sacred.

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The master of the new noir, Dennis Lehane brilliantly interweaves beauty and violence, integrity and evil in this thrilling, powerfully resonant novel.

A beautiful, grief-stricken woman has vanished without a trace. So has the detective hired to find her. And a lot of money. Enter saavy, tough-nosed private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro. Rooted in the no-nonsense streets of Boston's blue-collar Dorchester, they've seen it all--and survived. But this case leads them into unexpected territory where nothing is sacred--a land of lies and corruption where trusting anyone could get themkilled . . . where taking any step could be their last.