SUMMARY: Kenzie and Gennaro are private investigators in the blue-collar neighborhoods and ghettos of South Boston-they know it as only natives can. Working out of an old church belfry, Kenzie and Gennaro take on a seemingly simple assignment for a prominent politician: to uncover the whereabouts of Jenna Angeline, a black cleaning woman who has allegedly stolen confidential state documents.Finding Jenna, however, is easy compared to staying alive once they've got her. The investigation escalates, implicating members of Jenna's family and rival gang leaders while uncovering extortion, assassination, and child prostitution extending from bombed-out ghetto streets to the highest levels of government. A Drink Before the War, the first in Lehane's acclaimed series with Boston detectives Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro, is a remarkable debut that is at once a pulsating crime thriller and a mirror of our world, one in which the worst human horrors are found closest to home, and the most vicious obscenities are committed in the name of love.

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Dennis Lehane

Harcourt Brace & Company

Harvest Books

Harcourt, Inc

Mariner Books

Dryden Press

Brooks/Cole

Wadsworth

Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro series, First edition, New York, 1994

A Harvest book, 1st Harvest ed, Orlando, Fla, 2003

United States, United States of America

September 15, 2003

Reprint, 2003

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Kenzie and Gennaro are private investigators in the blue-collar neighborhoods and ghettos of South Boston-they know it as only natives can. Working out of an old church belfry, Kenzie and Gennaro take on a seemingly simple assignment for a prominent politician: to uncover the whereabouts of Jenna Angeline, a black cleaning woman who has allegedly stolen confidential state documents. Finding Jenna, however, is easy compared to staying alive once they've got her. The investigation escalates, implicating members of Jenna's family and rival gang leaders while uncovering extortion, assassination, and child prostitution extending from bombed-out ghetto streets to the highest levels of government. A Drink Before the War , the first in Lehane's acclaimed series with Boston detectives Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro, is a remarkable debut that is at once a pulsating crime thriller and a mirror of our world, one in which the worst human horrors are found closest to home, and the most vicious obscenities are committed in the name of love.

<p>a Cadre Of Powerful Massachusetts Politicians Offers Patrick Kenzie And Angela Gennaro Big Money For A Small Job: Find The Missing Cleaning Woman Who Allegedly Stole Confidential Statehouse Documents. But There's Much More To This Crime Than Anyone Realizes. What The Woman Was Really After Was Justice&#151;and Out On The Boston Streets, The Truth Can Turn Stark And Ugly...<p>this Is It: The Novel That Introduces The Newest Sensation In Detective Fiction, Dennis Lehane, And A Couple Of Gritty Private Investigators Who Grew Up And Grew Tough In Blue-collar Dorchester. Kenzie And Gennaro Have Opened Their Own Agency From The Belfry Of A Boston Church&#151;and All Manner Of Unholiness Is Crossing Their Threshold. Like It Or Not, They're Headed For A Deadly Crossfire In A Case That's Not Just About Right And Wrong&#151;it's All-out War.</p>

Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro are private investigators in the blue-collar neighborhoods and ghettos of South Boston--they know it as only natives can. Working out of an old church belfry, Kenzie and Gennaro take on a seemingly simple assignment for a prominent politician: uncover the where-abouts of Jenna Angeline, a black cleaning woman who has allegedly stolen confidential state documents. Finding Jenna is easy compared to staying alive once they've got her. --from back cover

A ring of powerful Boston politicians is willing to pay private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro big money for a seemingly small job: to find a missing cleaning woman who stole some secret documents. As Kenzie and Gennaro learn, however, this crime is no ordinary theft. It's about justice, about right and wrong. But in Boston, finding the truth isn't just a dirty business ... it's deadly

Taking on a seemingly simple assignment to pinpoint the whereabouts of a cleaning woman who has allegedly stolen confidential State House documents, private investigators Patrick Mckenzie and Angela Gennaro uncover a ring of extortions, assassination, and child prostitution.

THE BAR AT THE RITZ-CARLTON LOOKS OUT ON THE PUBLIC Garden and requires a tie.

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