Description: Dennis Lahane, the poet laureate of Boston's working class, is back with private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro. Initially they resist a missing child cases, but 80 hours have passed since her disappearance and not a single clue has turned up. At the behest of the child's aunt, Kenzie and Gennaro join in the hunt--in a search that will tear into their souls and those of all involved. Author profile at avonbooks.com.

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Reviews: "To the list that includes such names as Robert B. Parker and Linda Barnes, add that of Dennis Lehane." --Chicago Tribune

"Compelling . . . just the way we like it . . . When it comes to describing the action, Mr. Lehane delivers big time." --The Wall Street Journal

"Lehane tackles corruption in many forms as he brings his complicated plot to its satisfying resolution, at the same time leaving readers to ponder moral questions about social and individual responsibility long after the last page is turned." --Publishers Weekly

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