Bücher von Dennis Lehane

The year is 1954. U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels and his new ­partner, Chuck Aule, have come to Shutter Island, home of Ashecliffe Hospital for the Criminally Insane, to investigate the disappearance of a patient. Multiple-murderess Rachel Solando is loose somewhere on this barren island, despite having been kept in a locked cell under constant surveillance. As a killer hurricane bears relentlessly down on them, a strange case takes on even darker, more sinister shades—with hints of radical experimentation, horrifying surgeries, and lethal countermoves made in the cause of a covert shadow war. No one is going to escape Shutter Island unscathed, because nothing at Ashecliffe Hospital is remotely what it seems.

Boston, 1974. Die Stadt kocht. Künftig sollen schwarze Kinder mit Bussen in weiße Schulen gebracht werden und vice versa. Angst geht um und Hass. Eines Nachts kehrt Mary Pat Fennessys 17-jährige Tochter Jules nicht nach Hause zurück. Mary Pat beginnt Fragen zu stellen, stößt auf Schweigen und Widersprüche, bis sie versteht: Man hat ihr das Letzte genommen, was ihr in dieser Welt Halt gab. Außer sich vor Schmerz macht sie sich auf, um Rache zu nehmen an den Verantwortlichen - und um ihre eigene Schuld abzutragen. Um jeden Preis.

When a former client jumps naked from a Boston landmark, Private Investigator Patrick Kenzie wants to know why. Once a perky young woman in love with life, her suicide is the final fall in a spiral of self-destruction.What Kenzie discovers is a sadistic stalker who targeted the woman and methodically drove her to her death - a monster that the law can't touch. But Kenzie can. He and his former partner, Angela Gennaro, will fight a mind-twisting battle against the psychopath, even as he turns tricks on them...Prayers for Rain is another superior thriller from Dennis Lehane, the bestselling and acclaimed author of Mystic River, Shutter Island, and Gone, Baby, Gone.

The mesmerizing, darkly original novel that heralded the arrival of now New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane, the master of the new noir--and introduced Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro, his smart and tough private investigators weaned on the blue-collar streets of Dorchester. A cabal of powerful Boston politicians is willing to pay Kenzie and Gennaro big money for a seemingly small job: to find a missing cleaning woman who stole some secret documents. As Kenzie and Gennaro learn, however, this crime is no ordinary theft. It's about justice, about right and wrong. But in Boston, finding the truth isn't just a dirty business . . . it's deadly.

A psychologically, morally complex novel of blood, crime, passion, and vengeance, set in Cuba and Ybor City, Florida, during World War II, in which Joe Coughlin must confront the cost of his criminal past and present.Ten years have passed since Joe Coughlins enemies killed his wife and destroyed his empire, and much has changed. Prohibition is dead, the world is at war again, and Joes son, Toms, is growing up. Now, the former crime kingpin works as a consigliore to the Bartolo crime family, traveling between Tampa and Cuba, his wifes homeland.A master who moves in and out of the black, white, and Cuban underworlds, Joe effortlessly mixes with Tampas social elite, U.S. Naval intelligence, the Lansky-Luciano mob, and the mob-financed government of Fulgencio Batista. He has everythingmoney, power, a beautiful mistress, and anonymity.But success cannot protect him from the dark truth of his pastand ultimately, the wages of a lifetime of sin will finally be paid in full.Dennis Lehane vividly recreates the rise of the mob during a world at war, from a masterfully choreographed Ash Wednesday gun battle in the streets of Ybor City to a chilling, heartbreaking climax in a Cuban sugar cane field. Told with verve and skill,World Gone By is a superb work of historical fiction from one of the most interesting and accomplished American novelists (Washington Post) writing today.

Dennis Lehane returns to the streets of his acclaimed New York Times bestseller Mystic River with The DropA love story wrapped in a crime story wrapped in a journey of faith Three days after Christmas, a lonely bartender looking for a reason to live rescues an abused puppy from a trash can and meets a damaged woman looking for something to believe in. As their relationship grows, they cross paths with the Chechen mafia; a man grown dangerous with age and thwarted hopes; two hapless stick-up artists; a very curious cop; and the original owner of the puppy, who wants his dog back. . . .The basis of the major motion picture from Fox Searchlight Pictures directed by Michael R. Roskam, screenplay by Dennis Lehane, and starring Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, and James Gandolfini.

The tough neighborhood of Dorchester is no place for the innocent or the weak. Its territory is defined by hard heads and even harder luck; its streets are littered with the detritus of broken families, hearts, dreams. Now, one of its youngest is missing. Private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro don't want the case. But after pleas from the child's aunt, they open an investigation that will ultimately risk everything?their relationship, their sanity, and even their lives?to find a little girl lost.

Now available with a contemporary look, a must-have collection of riveting short stories from the New York Times bestselling author of Mystic River and Shutter Island."Locations are vivid and crisp, characters are memorable and, most importantly, the story lines dig into you and leave their mark." --Boston HeraldWhen it comes to contemporary crime fiction there's no territory quite as dangerous and unpredictable as that of New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane. These five short stories and a play are Lehane at his visceral best.In "Running Out of Dog," a vet returning from Vietnam is asked to redirect the violent skills he learned overseas to deal with his hometown's rampant population of strays. "ICU" follows a hunted man who finds refuge in the oddest place imaginable. Surprises await a gang of Texas high-school football jocks who lay siege to a luxury home in the suburbs in "Gone Down to Corpus." And in "Mushrooms," a simple theft triggers a series of murders that forces a disillusioned young girl to consider her next move. This collection also includes "Until Gwen" and its stage adaptation, Coronado, which expands on the trenchant tale of a morally bankrupt conman father, his ill-fated son, and the woman they have in common. In Lehane's capable hands, each story faces unflinchingly the darkest depths of the human experience--sin and redemption, loss and longing, flesh and blood--delivering a knockout punch that'll have readers reeling.

Als die vierjährige Amanda entführt wird, beginnen Patrick Kenzie und Angela Gennaro ihre Suche in den einschlägigen Kreisen, was selbst die hartgesottenen Ermittler an ihre Grenzen bringt. Bis sich herausstellt, dass sie von gänzlich unerwarteter Seite auf eine falsche Fährte gelockt wurden und jemand wissentlich mit ihrem Leben gespielt hat. Kenzie und Gennaro müssen sich entscheiden: für Recht und Gesetz oder für ihre Menschlichkeit.

Die Detektei Kenzie & Gennaro ist geschlossen, zu tief sitzen bei ihnen die entsetzlichen Ereignisse ihres letzten Falls. Doch der schwerreiche Magnat Trevor Stone weiß sich zu helfen. Er entführt das Duo, um sie von der Dringlichkeit seines Anliegens zu überzeugen: Seine Tochter Desiree zu finden, die nach dem Tod ihrer Mutter in die Fänge einer korrupten Sekte geraten ist. Die Zeit ist knapp, denn auch Stone hat nicht mehr lange zu leben.

Die renommierte Bostoner Psychologin Diandra Warren lebt in Angst. Man hat gedroht, ihrem Sohn etwas anzutun. Die Drohung trägt die Handschrift der Mafia - nur hat die mit der Sache nachweislich nichts zu tun. Als Kenzie & Gennaro zu ermitteln beginnen, überschlagen sich die Ereignisse; ein Mord nach dem anderen geschieht. Alle Spuren führen zu einem Serienkiller, der seit Jahren im Gefängnis sitzt - und tief in Patrick Kenzies eigene Vergangenheit.

Joe Coughlin, geachteter Bürger von Tampa, Florida, und Consigliere des Bartolo-Syndikats, hat seine kriminelle Vergangenheit hinter sich gelassen wie Amerika die Prohibition. Bis eines Tages aus heiterem Himmel ein Kopfgeld auf ihn ausgesetzt wird und auf dem Spiel steht, was ihm am wichtigsten ist: sein Sohn - und der einzige Freund, den er hat. Die atemlose Geschichte von >In der Nacht

Amerika während der Prohibition. Joe Coughlin, ein kleiner Handlanger des Syndikats in Boston, steigt in Florida zum mächtigsten Rumschmuggler seiner Zeit auf. Doch was ihn umtreibt, ist nicht nur die zweifelhafte Berühmtheit eines Gesetzlosen, das schnelle Geld und das Leben in der Nacht. Er setzt alles aufs Spiel - aus Liebe zu einer Frau. Aus der Unterwelt von Boston, aus einem Wirbel von Liebe und Gewalt, Hass und Rache führt Joes Weg in den Süden Amerikas und bis nach Kuba.

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 them killed . . . where taking any step could be their last.

A beautiful, grief-stricken woman has vanished without a trace. So has the detective hired to find her. And a lot of money...Enter tough-nosed private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro. Rooted in the streets of blue-collar Dorchester, they've seen it all ? and survived. But this case leads them into unexpected territory: a place of lies and corruption, where trusting anyone could get them killed, and where nothing is sacred.Another superior thriller from Dennis Lehane, the bestselling and acclaimed author of Mystic River, Shutter Island, and Gone, Baby, Gone.

Master of new noir Dennis Lehane magnificently evokes the dignity and savagery of working-class Boston in Darkness, Take My Hand, a terrifying tale of redemption.Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaros latest client is a prominent Boston psychiatrist, running scared from a vengeful Irish mob. The private investigators know about cold-blooded retribution. Born and bred on the mean streets of blue-collar Dorchester, theyve seen the darkness that lives in the hearts of the unfortunate.But an evil for which even they are unprepared is about to strike, as secrets that have long lain dormant erupt, setting off a chain of violent murders that will stain everything including the truth.With razor-sharp dialogue and penetrating prose, Darkness, Take My Hand is another superior crime novel from the author of Mystic River; Gone, Baby, Gone; and Shutter Island.