Books by author: Dennis Lehane

This is another solid thriller, but overall I liked Shutter Island a bit better. Perhaps this is because I wasn't as surprised by the plot twists (this time, I had solved the murder mystery about 100 pages before Lehane spelled it out). At any rate, this is still an enjoyable — if dark — novel. I'm not in a rush to read any more Lehane, but I probably will visit him again some time in the future.

A solid psychological thriller by the author of Mystic River. This was my first exposure to Lehane (though I've subsequently picked up the aforementioned bestseller). He writes transparent prose — it never gets in the way of the characters or the plot. The plot is perhaps a bit farfetched but nevertheless entertaining. I was never bored, and I was occasionally surprised by Lehane's twists.