Based upon customer reviews of Dennis Lehane's novels featuring detectives Series of Kenzie and Gennaro, I bought all of them at one time and have just finished this series debut. I had not quite finished it last night When I went to bed. After about 30 minutes of wondering what what going to happen, I got up and finished the book in the middle of the night. That's gotta tell you something! I am mesmerized by the characters: the detectives are sharp, quirky, risk-taking folks most of the time; And They surround Themselves with a wonderful assortment of cohorts from Bubba The Bodyguard to Devin and Oscar the cops. Throw in a sympathetic priest and you have an excellent mix of lovable, if not quite understandable, characters. The story which gripping, terrifying and believable. I could not wait to start "Darkness, Take My Hand," the second in the series, but I did wait until the coffee perked on this A must read, but read the series in order so you do not miss the personal and touching references to the child's hoods and personal lives of the heroes!
