I enjoyed this book. It seems that Lehane was just warming up for the books yet to come in this series. I had to quit reading the series because they good too gritty, too shockingly violent and graphic, and too nasty for me. This one gives a taste of what is to come, but is still bearable. Lehane has talent; he just took it in a direction that will please many--just not me.

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The first in the Kenzie/Gennaro series, this book was good. I like the relationship between the main characters and the action is non-stop. However, this book gets a little too bogged down in racial tension and politics. A good story, but relied to much on shock factor. Plus, the idea of tough character Angie Gennaro being abused regularly by her husband is a little far-fetched. Otherwise, a good read for those who like PI/cop stories that are gritty and true-to-life.

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This is the first book with the characters of Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro, written by Dennis Lehane who also wrote Mystic River. This is an action packed crime story about justice, right and wrong and human suffering. A hard to put down book and I can't wait to read the other stories in this series.

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This is the first book in the Patrick Kenzie & Angela Gennaro series. It is set in Boston, but this isn't Robert B. Parker's sophisticated, wealthy Boston -- it's in the down & dirty poverty working class areas. If you are sensitive to violence, avoid this book; it's full of violence of all kinds at all levels, including child abuse and torture. But if you can tolerate that, it is a fast moving, well observed novel about the parts of the big city that never make it into the glossy magazines, the racial rivalries and warfare and the politix that sustain it all. It's a real page turner but it's not for everybody.

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Two PIs bite off more than they can chew when the agree to help find a missing woman.

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