A Drink Before the War
About this book
The mesmerizing, darklyoriginal novel that heralded the arrival of now New York Timesbestselling author Dennis Lehane, the master of the new noir—and introducedPatrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro, his smart and tough private investigatorsweaned on the blue-collar streets of Dorchester.A cabal of powerful Bostonpoliticians is willing to pay Kenzie and Gennaro big money for a seeminglysmall job: to find a missing cleaning woman who stole some secret documents. AsKenzie and Gennaro learn, however, this crime is no ordinary theft. It's aboutjustice, about right and wrong. But in Boston, finding the truth isn’t just adirty business . . . it’s deadly.
Reader Profile
3.9/5 · 47863 readers · 324 pages · ≈ 6 h 00 m · Moderate
How long does it take to read A Drink Before the War?
About ≈ 6 h 00 m — 324 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is A Drink Before the War?
324 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is A Drink Before the War?
It sits on the Thriller shelves.
Who wrote A Drink Before the War?
Dennis Lehane.