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Dying billionaire Trevor Stone hires private detectives Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro to find his missing daughter.

Once every couple of years, a Big Literary American novel comes along and blows everyone away. This is it.

En cet été de 1974, dans la banlieue irlandaise de South Boston, Mary Pat Fennessy mène une existence routinière. Un soir, Jules, sa fille de dix-sept ans, ne rentre pas à la maison, et sa trace disp

Boston private investigators, Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaros relationship has hit the skids - their long-standing professional commitment and growing romance have disintegrated due to seemingly irreparable personal differences. But despite these problems, this book brings them together again to close down a predator.

Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro are tough private investigators who know the blue-collar neighbourhoods and ghettos of Bostons Dorchester section as only natives can. Working out of an old church belfry, Kenzie and Gennaro take on a seemingly simple assignment for a prominent politician.

The Drop follows lonely bartender Bob Saginowski through a cover scheme of funelling cash to local gangsters -- ''money drops'' -- in the underworld of Boston bars. Under the heavy hand of his employer and cousin Marv, Bob finds himself at the centre of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighbourhood''s past where friends, families and foes all work together to make a living -- no matter the cost.A moving, gripping thriller, from Dennie Lehane, acclaimed New York Times bestselling autor of Shutter Island, Gone, Baby, Gone and Mystic River, The Drop will stay with you long after you turn the last page.

En pleine Prohibition, Joe, le dernier fils du capitaine de la police de Boston Thomas Coughlin, est décidé à se faire une place dans la pègre. Il braque le bar clandestin d'un caïd local et commet l

Narrativa en ingles

Joe Coughlin is untouchable. Once one of America''s most feared and prominent gangsters, he now moves effortlessly between the social elite, politicians, police and the mob. He has everything he could possibly want; money, power, a beautiful mistress, and anonymity.But in a town that runs on corruption, vengeance and greed, success can''t protect Joe from the dark truth of his past -- and ultimately, the wages of a lifetime of sin will finally be paid in full . . .Chilling, heart-breaking and gripping, this is the most complex and powerful novel to date from Dennis Lehane, writer on The Wire and author of modern classics such as Shutter Island, Gone, Baby, Gone and The Given Day.

Después de Mystic River, Dennis Lehane regresa a su ciudad preferida con Cuando la noche. Una gran historia de crimen, la redención y el amor

I LOVED YOUI HATED YOUI NEVER KNEW YOU...Rachel''s husband adores her. When she hit rock bottom, he was there with her every step of the way as she slowly regained her confidence, and her sanity. But his mysterious behaviour forces her to probe for the truth about her beloved husband.How can she feel certain that she ever knew him?And was she right to ever trust him?

Joe Coughlin is untouchable. Once one of America''s most feared and prominent gangsters, he now moves effortlessly between the social elite, politicians, police and the mob. He has everything he could possibly want; money, power, a beautiful mistress, and anonymity.But in a town that runs on corruption, vengeance and greed, success can''t protect Joe from the dark truth of his past -- and ultimately, the wages of a lifetime of sin will finally be paid in full . . .Chilling, heart-breaking and gripping, this is the most complex and powerful novel to date from Dennis Lehane, writer on The Wire and author of modern classics such as Shutter Island, Gone, Baby, Gone and The Given Day.