Buy moonlight mile patrick kenzie and angela gennaro first english edition by lehane, dennis isbn. It is the sixth novel in the authors kenziegennaro series, focusing on private investigators patrick kenzie and angela gennaro. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read moonlight mile. Lehane had said hes all out of ideas for this series, and this book even sounds like his last. Amanda mccready was four years old when she vanished from a boston neighborhood twelve years ago. A multilayered, morally ambiguous novel of family, blood and betrayal. Moonlight mile by dennis lehane book 76 editions published between 2010 and 2015 in 8 languages and held by 3,630 worldcat member libraries worldwide. An item that is used but still in very good condition. Mystic river by dennis lehane a paperback book novel free usa shipping thriller. For everyone who wondered how things really turned out. Dennis lehane books list of books by author dennis lehane. Dennis lehanes latest, moonlight mile, marks the unexpected return of patrick kenzie and angela gennaro, the memorable protagonists of lehanes first five novels.
The book is a sequel to lehanes 1998 novel gone, baby, gone. In that first book, theyre childhood friends turned professional associates, but they soon develop a relationship that turns onagainoffagain through sacred, darkness take my hand, gone baby gone, prayers for rain and moonlight mile. Dennis lehane still lives in the city of boston and has covered the majority of his books backgrounds by using boston as an inspiration. Desperate pleas for help from the childs aunt led investigators kenzie and gennaro to take on the case.
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Dennis lehane lehane,dennis used books, rare books and new books. Get the best deal by comparing prices from over 100,000 booksellers. Moonlight mile continues the story after 12 years and revisits the central moral question of gone, baby, gone with the nowteenaged missing child able to give her judgement on the main characters choices in the earlier book. From gritty innercity motels to the lavish suburbs, lehane brings a boston subculture and its vivid characters to life in his detective novels. Founded in 1997, has become a leading book price comparison site. Amanda mccready was four years old when she vanished from a bosto. Dennis lehane books in order mystery series, book lists. No damage to the jewel case or item cover, no scuffs, scratches, cracks, or holes. Moonlight mile is the first patrick kenzie and angela gennaro suspense novel in more than a decade from the acclaimed, new york times bestselling master of the new noir, dennis lehane. The new book is at once an independent narrative and a direct sequel to one of the best entries in the series, 1998s gone, baby, gone. Meticulously researched and artfully told, live by night is the riveting story of one mans rise from boston petty thief to. Dennis lehane is the author of bestsellers mystic river, shutter island, gone baby gone, and live by night, all of which have been made into awardwinning films.
There was one more book in the series, then dennis lehane moved on to standalone novels, leaving kenziegennaro fans begging for more. Lehane, with i believe jonathan davis narrating all of them, although maybe not. Working against a backdrop of world war ii, lehane continues and perhaps concludes the ambitious series of historical novels that began with the epic sweep of the given day 2008 and continued with live by night 2012. Jul 26, 2011 eleven years on, the lightning bolt is gone, but there is still enough of a tingle to say i did enjoy the book. In moonlight mile, lehane keeps faith with those readers, resumingand resolvinga longinterrupted narrative in ways that are both esthetically and emotionally satisfying. More editions of moonlight mile cd kenzie and gennaro. Lehane, of course, has used the intervening years to great effect, branching. In our onlineexclusive outtakes, he discusses writing truthful fiction about reallife historical figures, racism and other issues of the times.
Its tough going for a good man in a messedup world, particularly in dennis lehanes boston. As danny, luther, and those around them struggle to define themselves in increasingly turbulent times, they gradually find family in one another and, together, ride a rising storm of hardship, deprivation, and hope that will change all their lives. The given day explores the crippling violence and irrepressible exuberance of a country at war with, and in the thrall of, itself. Boston and its environs are the setting for most of dennis lehane s fiction.
The book is a sequel to lehane s 1998 novel gone, baby, gone. In moonlight mile, patrick and angie are themselves parents. Dennis lehane is now a new father, himeslf and told the audience in a recent mystery conference, that he wanted to make a statement about the economy of 2009 and about parenthood. Dennis lehane is an american author who was born on august 4th, 1965 and raised in the dorchester neighborhood of boston, massachusetts. Hard as it is to believe, patrick and angela havent been seen since prayers for rain in 1999, and they have been missed. It is not the first time she has gone missing, as patrick well knows he was the investigator who worked on her case when she was kidnapped before. Moonlight mile is a crime novel by american writer dennis lehane, published on november 2, 2010. March 10, 2015 a multilayered, morally ambiguous novel of family, blood and betrayal.
That book showed ferocity and sweep as it focused on boston in 1919, an excellent choice of year. He lives with his family in boston and the west coast of florida. Publishers summary acclaimed new york times bestselling author dennis lehane delivers an explosive tale of integrity and vengeance heralding the longawaited return of private investigators patrick kenzie and angela gennaro. A kenzie and gennaro novel ebook written by dennis lehane. Desperate pleas for help from the childs aunt led savvy, toughnosed investigators kenzie and gennaro to take on the case. Her anxious aunt contacts patrick kenzie to investigate. He is one of the most celebrated and critically acclaimed authors of his generation and the recipient of the shamus award for best first novel, the edgar, anthony and barry awards for best novel, and the massachusetts book award in. From dennis lehane, the awardwinning author of mystic river, shutter island, and the kenziegennaro series, comes a striking collection of five short stories and a play. Since his first novel, a drink before the war, won the shamus award, he has published twelve more novels that have been translated into more than 30 languages and become international bestsellers. One of the key locations in dennis lehanes ninth novel is a warehouse in massachusetts that sells movie memorabilia fitting because the book. Before lehane attracted a lot more attention through the film adaptation of his mystic river 2001 and then made a major literary leap with the given day 2008, the author had built a loyal fan base through a series of detective novels featuring patrick kenzie and angela gennaro. The given day tells the story of two familiesone black, one whiteswept up in a maelstrom of revolutionaries and anarchists, immigrants and ward bosses, brahmins. If you could sum up moonlight mile in three words, what would they be.
Dennis lehane is an american author of crime fiction and mystery novels. His series is the kenziegennaro series, but he is perhaps best known for having written the novels mystic river and shutter island, which were made into motion pictures by clint eastwood and martin scorsese respectively. A modern master of suspense revives the series that initially earned him a hardcore following. The pair risked everything to find the young girlonly to orchestrate her return to a neglectful mother and a broken home. Moonlight mile, paperback by lehane, dennis, brand new, free shipping in the us. Coughlin series 3 primary works 3 total works joe coughlin, beginning as a beat cop in boston in the 1920s, continuing in the 30s and 40s in ybor city, florida, and cuba. Amanda mccready was four years old when she vanished. Moonlight mile pipatrick kenzieangie gennaromassachusettscont good lehane, dennis 6th in series wm.
Danny coughlin is the son of one of bostons most powerful police captains. Dennis lehane had his first novel published in 1994, which was a drink before the war. Moonlight mile kenzie and gennaro by dennis lehane. So far there are two books in the series, each dealing with one member of the coughlin family. Moonlight mile patrick kenzie and angela gennaro series. Aug 04, 2015 straight talk with dennis lehane the mystic river novelists latest trilogywhich begins in early 20thcentury bostonconcluded this year with world gone by wd interview, page 46.
Dennis lehane, the new york times bestselling author of live by nightnow a warner bros. Dennis lehane is the author of ten previous novelsincluding the new york times bestsellers live by night. He returns also to themes of parents and children that informed the five book series lehane produced in the 1990s. Dennis lehane wrote many popular books, out of which a number of books were turned into movie adaptations. Nov 02, 2010 a modern master of suspense revives the series that initially earned him a hardcore following. He accomplished both goals with an excellent addition to the legend of kenzie and gennaro. Now two of his sensational early novels have been combined in a single volumetwo gritty and mesmerizing masterworks of suspense featuring the private eye duo of patrick kenzie. Before becoming a fulltime writer, lehane worked as a counselor with mentally handicapped and abused children, waited tables, parked cars, drove limos, worked in bookstores, and loaded tractortrailers.
Moonlight mile by dennis lehane twelve years ago, angela gennaro walked out on her partner, patrick kenzie when he turned fouryearold amanda mccready over to her mother in gone, baby, gone. Moonlight mile kenzie and gennaro book 6 dennis lehane. See all books authored by dennis lehane, including shutter island, and mystic river, and more on. Coughlin 1 set in boston at the end of the first world war, bestselling author dennis lehanes extraordinary eight novel unflinchingly captures the political and social unrest of a nation caught at the crossroads where past meets future. The first book is about danny coughlin, the son of the local police captain, and the second book is about joe coughlin, the youngest son in the family. From new york times bestselling author dennis lehane comes this epic, unflinching tale of the making and unmaking of a gangster in the prohibition era of the roaring twentiesnow a warner bros. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Lehane isnt your average crime novelist, and kenzie and gennaro arent your average pis. From dennis lehane, the awardwinning author of mystic river, shutter island, and the kenziegennaro series, comes a striking collection of five short stories and a. Dennis lehane returns to the world of boston pis patrick kenzie and his partner, now wife, angie gennaro.
Summary amanda mccready was four years old when she vanished from a boston apartment in 1997. In any case, this book is a powerful demonstration of all of the gifts of both of these men. It is the sixth novel in the authors kenziegennaro series. Dennis lehane was born and raised in dorchester, massachusetts. In addition to his work as a novelist, lehane has written multiple episodes of the wire and. Moonlight mile dennis lehane, 2010 harpercollins 324 pp. Almost a decade after the climactic carnage of that second novel, protagonist joe coughlin has.
Coughlin, book 2 joe coughlin series, lehane, dennis. The latest novel published by dennis lehane is called since we fell a standalone novel. With novels like mystic river and shutter island, dennis lehane has dramatically altered the landscape of the crime thrillerwhile boldly overstepping the boundaries that have long separated mystery from literature. Below is a list of all of dennis lehanes books in order of when they were originally published which is also their chronology. Moonlight mile by dennis lehane is a continuation of his patrickandangela series. Moonlight mile by dennis lehane book 76 editions published. A kenzie and gennaro novel patrick kenzie and angela gennaro series 9780061836954. Dennis book mystic river which was published in 2001 was awarded the dylis award in 2002 and was also adapted into a movie by the same name in 2003 which won an academy award. Dennis lehane wurde 1965 in dorchester, massachusetts, geboren.
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