Prayers for Rain (Patrick Kenzie/Angela Gennaro Novels)

Excellent book with a terrific twist! Patrick Kenzie is a likeable character and you can't help but wish you had a friend like Bubba. It's got the perfect amount of humor, suspense, and it flows nicely from beginning to end. I can't rate it a 5 because of the fate of the car...

excellent...

Another great Patrick Kenzie novel. My second favorite just behind Gone Baby, Gone. A book that would leave you questioning what true heroisim is. To me Patrick became a true hero in that book. And in 'Prayers for Rain' he faces his opposite in a chess match to the death, and all for a woman he barely knew, but just did what he knew deep down was right, even if it brought him to the brink...more

Another great Patrick Kenzie novel. My second favorite just behind Gone Baby, Gone. A book that would leave you questioning what true heroisim is. To me Patrick became a true hero in that book. And in 'Prayers for Rain' he faces his opposite in a chess match to the death, and all for a woman he barely knew, but just did what he knew deep down was right, even if it brought him to the brink of his own destruction in a battle with an unknown enemy. My favorite part of this book was when Patrick meets the killer on top of a parking garage and the killer challenges him to 'war', and Kenzie shakes his hand and accepts the challenge. Good accepting the challenge of evil. So cool. Here's my two favorite quotes. "Wishing to die, and wishing to be saved. Aren't they the same thing? Wishing to be saved in this world is like praying for rain in the middle of a desert." "Living is not bad, I decided. The good lies in the small details. The furniture you've molded to your shape. A cold beer on a hot day. A perfect strawberry. Her lips. Home." Kenzie is the man.   hide

Another spectacular Lehane book. He will be, if not already, THE detective novelist of our generation.