A Drink Before the War

Lehane, Dennis

ISBN 10: 015100093X / ISBN 13: 9780151000937

Published by Harcourt, Brace, New York, 1994

About this Item

Bound in publisher's original black quarter cloth and green boards, spine stamped in gilt. Lehane's first book, signed by him on the title page. Bookseller Inventory # 9017919

Bibliographic Details

Title: A Drink Before the War

Publisher: Harcourt, Brace, New York

Publication Date: 1994

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st.

About this title

Synopsis:

Taking on a seemingly simple assignment to pinpoint the whereabouts of a cleaning woman who has allegedly stolen confidential State House documents, private investigators Patrick and Angela uncover a ring of extortion, assassination, and child prostitution.

From the Back Cover:

As richly complex and brutal as the terrain it depicts, here is the mesmerizing, darkly original novel that heralded the arrival of 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.