{"product_id":"9780151000937","title":"A Drink Before the War (Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro Series #1)","description":" 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—and out on the Boston streets, the truth can turn stark and ugly. . .\u003cp\u003eThis 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—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—it's all-out war.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—and out on the Boston streets, the truth can turn stark and ugly. . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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—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—it's all-outwar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor Biography:         \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDennis Lehane was born and raised in Dorchester, Massachusetts. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eA Drink Before the War,\u003c\/i\u003e which won the Shamus Award for Best First Novel; \u003ci\u003eDarkness Take My Hand; Sacred; Gone Baby Gone;\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePrayers for Rain.\u003c\/i\u003e He currently lives in Boston with his wife, Sheila.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harcourt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47008655180016,"sku":"9780151000937","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780151000937","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}