A Drink Before the War

With novels like Mystic River and Shutter Island, Dennis Lehane has dramatically altered the landscape of the crime thriller-while boldly overstepping the boundaries that have long separated mystery from literature. Now two of his sensational early novels have been combined in a single volume-two gritty and mesmerizing masterworks of suspense featuring the private eye duo of Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro-brilliantly showcasing the unique voice and dark, exhilarating vision of a crime fiction phenomenon.