Dennis Lehane is the author of A DRINK BEFORE THE WAR (which won the Shamus Award for Best First Novel); DARKNESS, TAKE MY HAND; SACRED; GONE, BABY, GONE; PRAYERS FOR RAIN; SHUTTER ISLAND and the NEW YORK TIMES bestseller MYSTIC RIVER. A native of Dorchester, Massachusetts, he lives in the Boston area.
Get Dennis Lehane's Mystic River. Boy, does he know how to write -- Elmore Leonard Enormously impressive: page-turning but thoughtful; moving in its sad inevitability... One of the finest novels I've read in ages -- Peter Guttridge Observer Heart-scorching... penetrating... a powerhouse of a novel The New York Times Book Review One of the greats of crime writing Guardian Lehane's best book by far. Like all his writing, it shimmers with great dialogue and a complex view of the world Newsweek