A drink before the war

By Dennis Lehane

Subjects: Gennaro, angela (fictitious character), fiction, Large type books, Private investigators, fiction, Boston (mass.), fiction, Romans, nouvelles, Massachusetts, fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, mystery & detective, hard-boiled, Angela Gennaro (Fictitious character), Violence familiale, Fiction, Patrick Kenzie (Fictitious character), Détectives, Family violence, Kenzie, patrick (fictitious character), fiction, Private investigators

Description: Taking on a seemingly simple assignment to pinpoint the whereabouts of a cleaning woman who has allegedly stolen confidential State House documents, private investigators Patrick Mckenzie and Angela Gennaro uncover a ring of extortions, assassination, and child prostitution.