<p>Master of new noir Dennis Lehane magnificently evokes the dignity and savagery of working-class Boston in <em>Darkness, Take My Hand</em>, a terrifying tale of redemption.</p><p>Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro’s latest client is a prominent Boston psychiatrist, running scared from a vengeful Irish mob. The private investigators know about cold-blooded retribution. Born and bred on the mean streets of blue-collar Dorchester, they’ve seen the darkness that lives in the hearts of the unfortunate.</p><p>But an evil for which even they are unprepared is about to strike, as secrets that have long lain dormant erupt, setting off a chain of violent murders that will stain everything – including the truth.</p><p>With razor-sharp dialogue and penetrating prose, <em>Darkness, Take My Hand </em>is another superior crime novel from the author of <em>Mystic River; Gone, Baby, Gone; </em>and <em>Shutter Island</em>.</p>