Dennis Lehane is the author of thirteen novels--including the New York Times bestsellers Live by Night; Moonlight Mile; Gone, Baby, Gone; Mystic River; Shutter Island; and The Given Day--as well as Coronado, a collection of short stories and a play. He grew up in Boston, MA and now lives in California with his family.
"Shutter Island carries an ending so shocking yet so faithful to
what has come before, that it will go down as one of the most
aesthetically right resolutions ever written. . . . There are
mysteries within mysteries in this novel, some as obvious as the
numerical codes that the missing patient leaves behind... some as
deep as the most profound fears of the human heart. There is no
mystery, however, about how good this book is; like Mystic River,
it's a tour de force." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Lehane has crafted a thriller as exciting as an elaborate video
game. . . . .If you like books that will make great movies, then
this one is for you." - People
"pure adrenaline rush...chilling...Shutter Island is all about
pulling you in and not letting go until its shocking, wrenching
conclusion. At that point, exhausted and thrilled, you want to
start over...Lehane works claustrophobia so well you can
practically feel the walls closing in, giving Shutter Island a
dark, disturbing atmosphere of mortal danger and creeping
paranoia...The ride this novel provides is as good as entertainment
gets." - Miami Herald
"The ride this novel provides is as good as entertainment gets." -
Miami Herald
"Fasten your seat belts for a bumpy, breakneck ride...utterly
absorbing... is an express train with no local stops...engrossing."
- Boston Globe
"If we could bring back Edgar Allen Poe and equip him with today's
postmodern bag of tricks, he might give us a tale as unexpected and
unsettling as Shutter Island. . . . The novel is brilliantly
conceived and executed. . . . Its shocking outcome kept me awake,
deep into the night as I began to grasp what the author had done to
my innocent mind." - Washington Post Book World
"A moody, atmospheric mystery that combines the claustrophobia of
an Agatha Christie whodunit with the creepiness of a good Stephen
King yarn. . . . Good luck putting this one down." - San Francisco
Chronicle Book Review
"Combines the claustrophobia of . . . Agatha Christie . . . with
the creepiness of a good Stephen King yarn. . . . Good luck putting
this one down. - San Francisco Chronicle Book Review
"Welcome to the Twilight Zone, circa 1954...Shutter Island is
atmospheric and tension-fraught, and Lehane continues to write like
a demon angel...With its nightmarish overtones, it's not a book to
start before bedtime. Even if you finish before dawn, Shutter
Island will trouble your sleep." - Orlando Sentinel
"Startlingly original . . . instantly cinematic. . . . This is a
deft, suspenseful thriller that unfolds with increasing urgency
until it delivers a visceral shock in its final moments. When it
comes to keeping readers exactly where he wants them, Mr. Lehane
offers a bravura demonstration of how it's done." - New York
Times
“Startlingly original...instantly cinematic... unfolds
with increasing urgency until it delivers a visceral shock in its
final moments.” - New York Times
"There is no mystery...about how good this book is; like Mystic
River, it's a tour de force." - Publishers Weekly (starred
review)
"A lollapalooza of a corkscrew thriller...sure to be the most
talked-about thriller of the year." - Kirkus Reviews, starred
review
"Nightmarish...it's not a book to start before bedtime. Even if you
finish before dawn, Shutter Island will trouble your sleep." -
Orlando Sentinel
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