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Lehane, Dennis : Darkness, Take My Hand

William Morrow And Company, Inc., New York City, NY, 1996

ISBN 0688143806

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 336 pages. The author's second novel. One of Dennis Lehane's finest achievements. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Dennis Lehane's "Darkness, Take My Hand". The second installment in the "Patrick Kenzie/Angela Gennaro" Series, about two childhood friends who work together as private investigators (and later on in the series, become romantically involved). "Explores horror close to home. Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro agree to help psychiatrist Diandra Warren. Her patient, using the name Moira Kenzie, has said she was abused by Kevin Hurlihy, a sociopathic Irish Mafia henchman who grew up in Angie and Patrick's neighborhood. Hurlihy may have threatened the doctor, who fears that her son, Jason, may be in danger. While Patrick and Angela shadow Jason, another former neighbor, Kara Rider, is found crucified. Sensing a connection, Patrick seeks out a retired cop-turned-saloonkeeper who recalls a hushed-up crucifixion murder in the neighborhood 20 years ago. By the time Patrick and Angie realize how the murders relate to their own youth, they are the next targets. The showdown is unpredictable, the story is densely peopled with multi-dimensional characters, there are no forgettable, walk-on roles on Lehane's stage. Lehane's voice, original, haunting, and straight from the heart, places him among the top ranks of stylists who enrich the modern mystery novel" (Publishers Weekly). His devoted readers, who take their crime fiction seriously, regard Dennis Lehane as our Dashiell Hammett, that is to say, the most remarkable thriller-genre writer of our time. An absolute "must-have" title for Dennis Lehane collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black pen on the title page by Dennis Lehane. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. One of the most brilliant American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER DENNIS LEHANE TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0688143806.

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