Dennis Lehane
AUTHOR

Dennis Lehane

Mysteries & Thrillers | Fiction

Dennis Lehane (born Aug 4th, 1966) is an American author. He has written several novels, including the New York Times bestseller Mystic River, which was later made into an Academy Award winning film, also called Mystic River, directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, and Kevin Bacon (Lehane can be briefly seen waving from a car in the parade scene at the end of the film). The novel was a finalist for the PEN/Winship Award and won the Anthony Award and the Barry Award for Best Novel, the Massachusetts Book Award in Fiction, and France's Prix Mystere de la Critique.
Bio and photo from Goodreads.

Read more Read less

JOIN AUDIBLE FREE FOR 30 DAYS AND STAY FOR $14.95/mo.
Join Audible Free

Best Sellers

    • Mystic River

    • By: Dennis Lehane
    • Narrated by: Scott Brick
    • Length: 15 hrs and 24 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,555
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,439
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,433

    When they were children, Sean Devine, Jimmy Marcus, and Dave Boyle were friends. But then a strange car drove up their street....

    • 4 out of 5 stars

    • Punches you in the face!

    • By DaWoolf on 11-11-14

    Regular price: $34.22

    Free with 30-day Trial

    • Shutter Island

    • By: Dennis Lehane
    • Narrated by: Tom Stechschulte
    • Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,924
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,121
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,124

    Summer, 1954. U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels has come to Shutter Island, home of Ashecliffe Hospital for the criminally insane....

    • 5 out of 5 stars

    • Outstanding psychological thriller set in the 50s

    • By Barry S. Sharpnack on 06-17-09

    Regular price: $30.79

    Free with 30-day Trial

    • Since We Fell

    • A Novel
    • By: Dennis Lehane
    • Narrated by: Julia Whelan
    • Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4 out of 5 stars 1,524
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,416
    • Story
      4 out of 5 stars 1,413

    Since We Fell follows Rachel Childs, a former journalist who, after an on-air mental breakdown, now lives as a virtual shut-in....

    • 4 out of 5 stars

    • A rip-snorting blast!

    • By Margaret on 05-22-17

    Regular price: $31.93

    Free with 30-day Trial

    • A Drink Before the War

    • By: Dennis Lehane
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
    • Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4 out of 5 stars 1,273
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,135
    • Story
      4 out of 5 stars 1,131

    With novels like Mystic River and Shutter Island, Dennis Lehane has dramatically altered the landscape of the crime thriller....

    • 5 out of 5 stars

    • Great beginning to thriller series

    • By L. O. Pardue on 11-23-11

    Regular price: $28.51

    Free with 30-day Trial

    • The Given Day

    • By: Dennis Lehane
    • Narrated by: Michael Boatman
    • Length: 23 hrs and 46 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4 out of 5 stars 898
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 615
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 608

    Dennis Lehane's long-awaited eighth novel unflinchingly captures the political and social unrest of a nation caught at the crossroads between past and future....

    • 5 out of 5 stars

    • Superb!

    • By Louise on 01-11-10

    Regular price: $53.61

    Free with 30-day Trial

    • FaceOff

    • By: David Baldacci (editor)
    • Narrated by: Dylan Baker, Jeremy Bobb, Dennis Boutsikaris, and others
    • Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4 out of 5 stars 303
    • Performance
      4 out of 5 stars 268
    • Story
      4 out of 5 stars 269

    This one-of-a-kind anthology pulls together the most -eloved characters from the best and most popular thriller series today. Worlds collide! ....

    • 5 out of 5 stars

    • Great fusion and introduction of characters

    • By Sandra S. Mafnas on 06-15-14

    Regular price: $27.99

    Free with 30-day Trial

    • Live by Night

    • By: Dennis Lehane
    • Narrated by: Jim Frangione
    • Length: 14 hrs and 43 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4 out of 5 stars 830
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 723
    • Story
      4 out of 5 stars 728

    Boston, 1926. The ‘20s are roaring. Liquor is flowing, bullets are flying, and one man sets out to make his mark on the world....

    • 3 out of 5 stars

    • Lehane shows off his skills.

    • By Richard Delman on 11-15-12

    Regular price: $34.22

    Free with 30-day Trial

    • Gone, Baby, Gone

    • A Novel
    • By: Dennis Lehane
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
    • Length: 13 hrs and 36 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 556
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 493
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 495

    The tough neighborhood of Dorchester is no place for the innocent or the weak....

    • 5 out of 5 stars

    • A Literary Thriller

    • By William on 11-08-12

    Regular price: $31.93

    Free with 30-day Trial

    • Darkness, Take My Hand

    • By: Dennis Lehane
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
    • Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 746
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 681
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 675

    The master of the new noir, Dennis Lehane magnificently evokes the dignity and savagery of working-class Boston in this terrifying tale of darkness and redemption....

    • 5 out of 5 stars

    • Brutal, Sickinning, Fun

    • By Keenan on 05-15-15

    Regular price: $28.51

    Free with 30-day Trial

    • Moonlight Mile

    • By: Dennis Lehane
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
    • Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4 out of 5 stars 532
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 377
    • Story
      4 out of 5 stars 377

    Amanda McCready was four years old when she vanished from a Boston neighborhood 12 years ago....

    • 3 out of 5 stars

    • Endurance

    • By Stephen on 02-24-15

    Regular price: $25.09

    Free with 30-day Trial

Are you an author?

Help us improve our Author Pages by updating your bibliography and submitting a new or current image and biography.
Visit Amazon Author Central