Sacred (novel)

0-688-14381-4Preceded byDarkness, Take My Hand Followed byGone, Baby, Gone 
1997 crime novel by Dennis Lehane

Sacred (1997) is a crime novel by American writer Dennis Lehane, the third book in his Kenzie/Gennaro series.

Plot

Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro are hired by a dying billionaire to find his daughter, Desiree, after the previous detective working the case, Jay Becker, disappeared.

Awards

The novel won the 1998 Nero Award and was nominated for the Shamus Award for "Best Private Eye Novel" in the same year.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ "Wolfe Pack Nero Award Recipients chronologically". Nerowolfe.org. 2011-12-12. Archived from the original on 2013-05-14. Retrieved 2012-03-08.
  2. ^ "The Private Eye Writers of America and The Shamus Awards". Thrillingdetective.com. Retrieved 2012-03-08.
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Dennis Lehane
Bibliography
Kenzie-Gennaro novels
Coughlin novels
  • The Given Day (2008)
  • Live by Night (2012)
  • World Gone By (2015)
Other works
  • Mystic River (2001)
  • Shutter Island (2003)
  • Coronado: Stories (2006)
  • The Drop (2014)
  • Since We Fell (2017)
  • Small Mercies (2023)
Lehane at a book signing in February 2009
Filmography
Adaptations
  • Mystic River (2003)
  • Gone Baby Gone (2007)
  • Shutter Island (2010)
  • The Drop (2014)
  • Live by Night (2016)
Other
  • The Wire
    • "Dead Soldiers"
    • "Refugees"
    • "Clarifications"
  • Boardwalk Empire
    • "Resignation"
  • Mr. Mercedes
    • "Gods Who Fall"
    • "People in the Rain"
    • "Willow Lake"
    • "Jibber-Jibber Chicken Dinner"
    • "Missed You"
    • "Fell On Black Days"
    • "Nobody Puts Brady in a Crestmore"
    • "Walk Like a Man"
  • The Outsider
    • "In the Pines, In the Pines"
    • "Tigers and Bears"
  • Black Bird
  • Firebug


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