Driven by guilt, and a conviction that there is something fishy about Karen’s death, Kenzie reunites with Angie to see what lies behind the tragedy. By then it is too late, as Karen is dead. Patrick decides to call her back when he returns from his trip. Six weeks later, as he is leaving town for a vacation with fuck-buddy Vanessa, Karen calls Kenzie asking for help. After Patrick succeeds in suggesting to the fellow that he would survive longer if he left her alone, the situation quiets down. In the fifth entry in Dennis Lehane’s Kenzie & Gennaro series, Karen Nichols comes to PI Patrick Kenzie when she is being harassed by a known rapist. Prayers for Rain is another superior thriller from Dennis Lehane, the bestselling and acclaimed author of Mystic River, Shutter Island, and Gone, Baby, Gone.ĭennis Lehane - from The Boston Globe - photo by David L. Through the final weeks of a stifling summer, and with the help of his ex-partner, Angela Gennaro, and his friend, the lethally unbalanced Bubba Rogowski, Patrick enters into psychological warfare with a brilliant sociopath who, instead of merely killing his victims, prefers to make them wish they were dead.Īs the stakes grow higher and more personal, they find themselves fighting a losing battle with an enemy the law can't touch, who is always one step ahead, who is gradually discovering their weaknesses, their loves, and is determined to tear their world apart.
But six months later when Karen takes her own life, Patrick is left wondering what can change so drastically and so quickly that suicide seems the only option? When Boston private investigator Patrick Kenzie meets Karen Nichols, she strikes him as an innocent from a protected upbringing.
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