Prayers for Rain

By: Dennis Lehane

Narrated by: Jonathan Davis

Length: 12 hrs and 56 mins

Publisher's summary

What if a total stranger was watching your every move? What if he read your mail, listened in on your phone calls, knew what you spoke of only to your most trusted confidants? What if he learned Your routines? Your weaknesses? And, most important, what if he discovered those things you love and cling to . . . and then he stripped you of them? And sat back to watch while you self-destructed?

Boston private investigator Patrick Kenzie is about to anger such a man.

When Patrick first meets Karen Nichols, she strikes him as the kind of woman who irons her socks—an innocent from a protected upbringing, untouched by tragedy. But six months later Karen commits suicide by leaping from one of Boston's most cherished monuments. Patrick finds himself wondering what can alter someone so drastically, so quickly, that suicide seems her only option. Yet what begins as idle curiosity soon becomes obsessive as Patrick suspects that the tragic events that befell Karen during the last months of her life - an "accident" that destroyed her fiance; the loss of her job, her apartment, and eventually her mind - may not have been as random as they first appeared.

Enlisting the aid of his ex-partner and ex-flame, Angela Gennaro, as well as that of his friend, the lethally unbalanced Bubba Rogowski, Patrick enters into a treacherous game of cat-and-mouse with a man who, instead of merely killing his victims, prefers to make them wish they were dead. Through the final weeks of a stifling summer, Patrick, Angie, and Bubba wage psychological warfare with this brilliant, depraved sociopath - a war that will bring them face-to-face with the sordid secrets of an affluent family, a brutal Mafioso, a cabal of twisted kidnappers, and a perilous encounter in the misty dark of a cranberry bog.

As the stakes grow higher and more personal, they find they might be fighting a losing battle against an enemy the law can't touch, who is always one step ahead of them, who is gradually learning their weaknesses, their loves, and is determined to tear their worlds apart.

©1999 Dennis Lehane (P)2011 HarperCollinsPublishers

Prayers for the departed

A bloody masterpiece that I didn't realize was part of a franchise. Great read. Dennis Lehane is a genius story teller. Mystery, suspense
, and Organized crime.

excellent book...as always. love all the lehane

books. great story and narration. highly recommend it and his other books. well written.

My favorite of the series..l

I fell in love with the Kenzie and Genarro series with the first book and Dennis hasn't let me down yet...as a matter of fact, "Prayers for Rain" tops the list. While this novel can certainly stand on its own, veteran fans will enjoy the time Lehane took to flesh out familiar characters and introduce us to a couple of people we won't forget.
As always, the narrator adds depth with his impeccable storytelling. I cannot imagine Patrick Kenzie without Jonathan Davis,

Awesome story, but.........

Love his books, and I love this story in particular. I've heard it before with another narrator, and he was awesome. If you want Spock, you get with this guy. I just couldn't get into his version. I'd rather listen you Yoko then hear another book with this guy.

Great story.

Wonderful to see another side to Bubba, he has always been a character that I had a soft spot for. Glad things are moving along for Patrick and Angie.

Better than Burke B-4 He Preached!

Once upon a time James Lee Burke was the poet of crime fiction. Then he turned Dave Robicheaux into a blunt polemicist for his own politics. Still, those early Burke books were like reading melodies. Well, Dennis Lehane has that power to poetry without the propaganda. And in an entirely different way, Jonathan Davis rivals the legendary Mark Hammer as a story teller.

Look, "Prayers For Rain" ain't great literature, but it is hot mystery writing. And Kenzie and Gennaro are one of the memorable partnerships. Okay... this is a bloody book, Lehane does that, along with dimming the story lights to a darkness that's almost spooky.

But once again, after more than a year away from this ensemble, it was like coming home. I'll get another one in the series and the only advice I've got for you is to start at the beginning to avoid spoilers that might ruin your enjoyment in watching these people grow as the epic unfolds.

Great read, brave good guys really bad, bad guys

I loved this book, it was well read and the story has lots of twists and turns. The hero's are flawed and brave, just the way I like them and the baddies are intelligently evil and deserve everything they get. My favorite Lehane book although "Gone Baby Gone" runs a close second

Jonathan Davis is King

Dennis Lehane never disappoints but this audible book doesn’t work quite as well without the vocal mastery of narrator Jonathan Davis. He weaves the story so intricately, you can picture every scene and every face.

So happy to discover LeHane!

Loved this book. Kept my interest throughout. If I had to pick a favorite character, it would be Bubba. Loved the surprising bits of his personality that would be exposed as the story progressed, which would not have been as impactful if not for his physical appearance and seemingly low intelligence.

Excellent

I can’t wait for to listen to the new book in the series. Love Patrick and Angie together. Plus Angie and I share the same last name. I find her background similar to my own family. It makes me laugh.