Prayers for Rain (38 page)

People
, Beach Read of the Week

“Dennis Lehane delivers a combination of high-energy thrills and dead-on portrayals of killers and other bad people.”

Chicago Tribune

“Lehane is a master at balancing thriller gimmicks with wonderfully round characters. The latter make this an A-plus novel—the plus is for thrills.”

Philadelphia Inquirer

“Fine characterization and edgy dialogue.
Prayers for Rain
is packed with punchy action sequences, uneasy stretches where the reader squirms in anticipation of impending disaster, and plenty of dark humor. Dennis Lehane has all the tools of a future Grand Master—the dialogue of Parker, the plotting of Block, the psychological suspense of Rendell—and in
Prayers for Rain
he shows them off to fine effect.”

Houston Chronicle

“
Prayers for Rain
is close to perfect in its pacing, characterizations, plot, and suspense. It is a perfect book for the summer hammock, though it won’t help you sleep.”

Rocky Mountain News

S
HUTTER
I
SLAND

M
YSTIC
R
IVER

P
RAYERS FOR
R
AIN

G
ONE
, B
ABY
, G
ONE

S
ACRED

D
ARKNESS
, T
AKE
M
Y
H
AND

A D
RINK
B
EFORE THE
W
AR

This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

PRAYERS FOR RAIN
. Copyright © 2006 by Dennis Lehane. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

Mobipocket Reader August 2006 ISBN 0-06-123842-2

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