num_pages: 419
description: When Boston private investigator Patrick Kenzie meets Karen Nichols, she strikes him as an innocent from a protected upbringing. But six months later when Karen takes her own life, Patrick is left wondering what can change so drastically and so quickly that suicide seems the only option?Through the final weeks of a stifling summer, and with the help of his ex-partner, Angela Gennaro, and his friend, the lethally unbalanced Bubba Rogowski, Patrick enters into psychological warfare with a brilliant sociopath who, instead of merely killing his victims, prefers to make them wish they were dead.As the stakes grow higher and more personal, they find themselves fighting a losing battle with an enemy the law can't touch, who is always one step ahead, who is gradually discovering their weaknesses, their loves, and is determined to tear their world apart.Prayers for Rain is another superior thriller from Dennis Lehane, the bestselling and acclaimed author of Mystic River, Shutter Island, and Gone, Baby, Gone.
language: English
title: Prayers for Rain
titlecomplete: Prayers for Rain
characters: Patrick Kenzie, Angie Gennaro, Bubba Rogowski
genres: Fiction, Detective, Crime, Contemporary, Thriller, Audiobook, Suspense, Noir, Mystery Thriller, Mystery
ratings_count: 21749
series: Kenzie & Gennaro
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Barry Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Shamus Award
category: Best PI Novel, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Deutscher Krimi Preis
category: 3. Platz International
publisher: Bantam Press