When a former client jumps naked from a Boston landmark, Private Investigator Patrick Kenzie wants to know why. Once a perky young woman in love with life, her suicide is the final fall in a spiral of self-destruction.
What Kenzie discovers is a sadistic stalker who targeted the woman and methodically drove her to her death – a monster that the law can’t touch. But Kenzie can. He and his former partner, Angela Gennaro, will fight a mind-twisting battle against the psychopath, even as he turns tricks on them…
Prayers for Rain is another superior thriller from Dennis Lehane, the bestselling and acclaimed author of Mystic River, Shutter Island, and Gone, Baby, Gone.
丹尼斯.勒翰 Dennis Lehane
1965年8月4日出生於美國麻州多徹斯特,愛爾蘭裔,現居住在波士頓。八歲便立志成為專職作家,出道前為了磨練筆鋒、攥錢維生,曾當過心理諮商師、侍者、代客停車小弟、禮車司機、卡車司機、書店門市人員等,以支持他邁向作家之路的心願。
1994年以小說《戰前酒》出道,創造了冷硬男女私探搭檔「派崔克/安琪」系列,黑色幽默的對話與深入家庭、暴力、童年創傷的題材引起書市極大回響,五年內拿下美國推理界夏姆斯、安東尼、巴瑞、戴利斯獎等多項重要大獎,外銷二十多國版權,並以此系列寫下北美一百三十萬、全球兩百四十萬冊的銷售成績。
勒翰真正打入主流文學界,登上巔峰的經典之作是非系列作品《神祕河流Mystic River》。小說受好萊塢名導克林伊斯威特青睞改拍成同名電影,獲奧斯卡六項提名,拿下最佳男主角、男配角兩項大獎,小說也因此一舉突破全球兩百五十萬冊的銷售佳績。2007年,好萊塢男星班艾佛列克重返編劇行列,取材勒翰的派崔克/安琪系列第四作改拍成同名電影《失蹤人口Gone, Baby, Gone 》,首週便登上北美票房第六名。小班接受媒體訪問時表示,勒翰的作品氣氛懸疑、人物紮實,以寫實的筆法書寫城市犯罪與社會邊緣問題,是他將小說改編搬上大銀幕的主要原因,原著小說也隨之攻占紐約時報暢銷小說榜第三名。
2010年2月,勒翰另一部暢銷小說《隔離島》也搬上大銀幕,由馬丁史柯西斯執導、李奧納多狄卡皮歐主演,本片是兩人繼《神鬼無間》後再次攜手合作,這也是馬丁史柯西斯首次嘗試驚悚懸疑風格的影劇作品。
Dennis Lehane is the author of ten previous novels—including the New York Times bestsellers Live by Night; Moonlight Mile; Gone, Baby, Gone; Mystic River; Shutter Island; and The Given Day—as well as Coronado, a collection of short stories and a play. He and his wife, Angie, currently live in California with their children.
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