In honor of the opening of Shutter Island (which from the trailers looks great) today based on the book by Dennis Lehane. I thought I’d write something about his series featuring Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro. Before he turned to stand-alones after the success of Mystic River, Dennis Lehane wrote five novels featuring Kenzie and Gennaro, starting with A Drink Before the War, which won a Shamus award and ending with Prayers for Rain , including Gone, Baby Gone turned into the movie starring Casey Afleck. The books are gritty and deal with the underbelly of Dorchester a suburb if Boston, but the writing is terrific and the story lines are fast paced. I think I read these books about as fast as any I’ve read. They are the kind you just can’t put down and when you do you can’t wait until you can pick them up again! Lehane said he wasn’t going to write anymore of these books but from what I understand his next book will be a Kenzie and Gennaro, can’t wait! So if you’ve never read them and enjoy gritty novels pick them up you won’t be disappointed!