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Sacred [Audiobook] [Unabridged] (Audio Cassette)

by Dennis Lehane (Author), Robert Lawrence (Reader)
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (48 customer reviews)

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Dennis Lehane won a Shamus Award for A Drink Before the War, his first book about working-class Boston detectives Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. His second in the series, Darkness, Take My Hand, got the kind of high octane reviews that careers are made of. Now Lehane not only survives the dreaded third-book curse, he beats it to death with a stick. Sacred is a dark and dangerous updating of Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep, as dying billionaire Trevor Stone hires Kenzie and Gennaro to find his daughter, Desiree. Patrick's mentor, a wonderfully devious detective named Jay Becker, has already disappeared in St. Petersburg, Florida, while working the case, so the two head there to pick up a trail. Desiree, of course, is nothing like the sweet and simple beauty described by her father, and even Chandler would have been amazed by the plot twists that Lehane manages to keep coming. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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When detectives Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro are kidnapped by dying billionaire Trevor Stone and forced to find his lost daughter, they become entwined in a vicious whodunit in which "up is down and north is south." The case takes them to Grief Release Inc., a Boston-area church/cult whose members purge their sins, secrets, and financial records; then, accompanied by Stone's henchmen, to Tampa, Florida, where a top-of-the-line sports car and all the money they can spend are put at their disposal. Kenzie and Gennaro ditch it all to continue the search on instinct in a cheap convertible. When the detectives finally find their prize, the perfecto, leggy Desiree Stone, she turns out to be much more than they bargained for. With its fast-paced plot, Lehane's (Darkness, Take My Hand, LJ 7/96) newest will be a winner with adventure buffs.
-?Ahmad Wright, "Library Journal"
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Mediocre, July 14 2004
By Victoria (Honolulu, Hawaii) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sacred Mm (Mass Market Paperback)
Not bad but doesn't hold a candle to Robert Parker, Robert Crais or ev en Harlan Coben(who in my eyes is the true master of suspense). Story itself is interesting but gets more boring as the book goes on. Patrick has too many moral issues for a tough guy(which is what he is supposed to be) and he is always hell bent on doing the right thing(yawn!). Angela can't get over her issues with her husband who used to beat the crap out of her. Geez, get a grip already. Blah, blah, blah.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great read, Mar 28 2004
By kate (DORCHESTER, MA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sacred Mm (Mass Market Paperback)
Though this book is a little less off-the-wall funny than his previous 2, it's also less violent. His writing gets quite poetic at times and I enjoy the twists and turns of the plot. If you live in Boston, Lehane's books are even more enjoyable because he's dead-on accurate with his depiction of neighborhoods, people, and events. The religious group he's talking about has just got to be the Moonies. I live in North Dorchester almost in the same neighborhood he describes and believe me it all rings true.
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4.0 out of 5 stars great, Jan 15 2004
By Brian T. Marino "Brian" (Elizabeth, New Jersey USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sacred Mm (Mass Market Paperback)
great book, hilarious, more so than his others, true its slightly more light than his usual books but its still good
also to the guy who says that dylan has no album called positively 4th street. The guy in the book said "look for songs, not albums". So when they found positively 4th street it is because they were looking for the names of dylan SONGS. And yes, dylan has a song called that.
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4.0 out of 5 stars As noir as they get
Dennis Lehane is great. His Kenzie/Gennaro series, of which "Sacred is the 3rd novel, is THE noir series of the decade. Read more
Published on Dec 12 2003 by Alexander Gitlits

5.0 out of 5 stars Lehane Just Keeps Writing 5 Star Books
Private Investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro are back. They've closed their office, because of what happened in the last book ("Darkness Take My Hand") and are adamant... Read more
Published on Oct 3 2003 by Katie Osborne

3.0 out of 5 stars A bit of a trial if you are reading the entire series
I am a lazy reviewer - forgive me for that! The Kenzie/Gennaro series is intriguing but this work is weak and more of a necessary read than an enjoyable one. Read more
Published on Oct 2 2003 by fiskardon

4.0 out of 5 stars And the beat goes on.
If you look at the 5 Lehane novels, "Darkness Take My Hand," "A Drink Before The War," "Mystic River," and "Shutter Island,"... Read more
Published on Sep 15 2003 by Larry Scantlebury

5.0 out of 5 stars Funny and Fast Paced
A completely enjoyable read. I'm a sucker for the wise-cracking detective genre, so Lehane's Kenzie and Gennaro really make me laugh. Read more
Published on Sep 2 2003

4.0 out of 5 stars "Black as White, Up is Down"
In the third installment of Dennis Lehane's Kenzie/Gennaro series, Patrick Kenzie and his partner Angie Gennaro take a trip to Florida to track down the depressed and grieving... Read more
Published on Aug 30 2003 by DJK ver 2.0

3.0 out of 5 stars Lighter-hearted, but not quite a "comic caper"
I've seen this promoted as a "comic caper", and it rather starts that way. For Lehane, it is lighter and maybe it's as close to comic as he's capable of being. Read more
Published on July 21 2003 by Neal C. Reynolds

5.0 out of 5 stars I have only just begun, but this is great stuff!
I love Stone Barrington, but Patrick is everything stone is and more. I haven't finished this book and I am already hooked. Read more
Published on Jun 14 2003 by Duke

3.0 out of 5 stars Could be better
Weak plot but still the same smart dialogue and that is the book's saving grace.
Published on Jun 3 2003

2.0 out of 5 stars Weak plot plus smart-aleck sleuth equals a dull book
I read Lehane's first two books and enjoyed them immensely. But Sacred was so bad that I am very angry that I wasted several hours reading it. Read more
Published on Feb 22 2003 by john c.

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