New York Times Bestselling Author
New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane delivers an explosive tale of vengeance and redemption in this brilliant sequel to Gone, Baby, Gone—heralding the long-awaited return of beloved private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro
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- William Morrow
- Carton Qty: 10
- Selling Territory: USCOM
- 500,000
- LC: 2010025883
- PUBLISHING HISTORY
- William Morrow hc 978-0-06-183692-3 (11/10)
- Subsidiary Rights: First Serial, UK, Translation, Audio, Dramatic: Ann Rittenberg
- One Day Laydown
- On Sale: 11/2/2010
- Fiction
- Tr 9780061836923 $26.99 ($29.99)
- 336 pages; 6 x 9
- Model ISBN: 9780688163181
Given Day, The
• This is Dennis Lehane’s first Kenzie and Gennaro novel in 12 years.
• In September 2010, Harper paperbacks will reissue all five of Lehane’s Kenzie and Gennaro books—Darkness Take My Hand, A Drink Before the War, Gone Baby, Gone, Prayers for Rain, and Sacred—in premium mass market editions and Gone, Baby, Gone as a trade paperback edition.
• Mystic River, Shutter Island, Gone Baby, Gone, Prayers for Rain, and The Given Day were all New York Times bestsellers.
• Lehane’s profile has been greatly raised by the recent release of Shutter Island (directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, 2010), the big screen debut of Gone Baby, Gone (directed by Ben Afleck, 2006), and the award-winning film adaptation of Mystic River (directed by Clint Eastwood, 2003).
Marketing Campaign
• National Television Advertising Campaign
• National Print Advertising
• National Online Advertising
• National Broadcast and Print Media Campaign
• 14-City Television Satellite Tour
• 20-City Radio Satellite Tour
• 6-City Author Tour
• Pre-publication Online Buzz Campaign, Including Early Consumer Reads and Viral Video
• Special Book Trailer Video with Outreach to YouTube.com, Yahoo.com, and MySpace.com
• Online Promotion
• Blogger Campaign, Including E-Cards
• Featured in Scene of the Crime Newsletter
• Featured in the Hot@Harper Newsletter
• Reader’s Edition Available
• 10-Copy Signed Carton 978-0-06-201101-5 • $259.90 ($339.90 Can.)
• Cross-promotions with FoxMovieChannel.com
• Cross-promotions with the Mass Market and Trade Paperback Editions of Gone Baby Gone
• Author Website:DennisLehaneBooks.com
Photo Credit: Diana Lucas Leavengood
Backlist
The Given Day Unabridged CD
Dennis Lehane
- Audio
- 9780061661518
- Reader: Michael Boatman
- Media: CDs
- 9/23/2008
- $75.00 ($97.00 Can.)
- Marketing Code: AV
The Given Day LP
Dennis Lehane
- Large Print
- 9780061668210
- 9/23/2008
- $27.95 ($29.95 Can.)
- Marketing Code: AV
Coronado Unabridged CD
Dennis Lehane
- Audio
- 9780061142338
- Reader: Stanley Tucci
- Media: CDs
- 8/8/2006
- $22.95 ($29.50 Can.)
- Marketing Code: AV
Shutter Island
Dennis Lehane
- Hardcover
- 9780688163174
- 4/15/2003
- $25.99 ($37.95 Can.)
- Marketing Code: AV
Shutter Island tie-in
Dennis Lehane
- Trade PB
- 9780061807404
- 8/25/2009
- $14.99 ($18.99 Can.)
- Marketing Code: AV
Shutter Island
Dennis Lehane
- Mass Market PB
- 9780061703256
- 8/25/2009
- $7.99 ($10.99 Can.)
- Marketing Code: AV
Shutter Island
Dennis Lehane
- Mass Market PB
- 9780380731862
- 4/27/2004
- $7.99 ($8.99 Can.)
- Marketing Code: AV
Shutter Island Graphic Novel
Dennis Lehane
- Trade PB
- 9780061968570
- 1/5/2010
- $21.99 ($24.99 Can.)
- Marketing Code: AV
Shutter Island Low Price MTI Unabridged CD
Dennis Lehane
- Audio
- 9780061906282
- Reader: Tom Stechschulte
- Media: CDs
- 9/1/2009
- $19.99 ($25.99 Can.)
- Marketing Code: AV
Shutter Island LP
Dennis Lehane
- Large Print
- 9780061886041
- 8/25/2009
- $16.99 ($21.99 Can.)
- Marketing Code: AV
Mystic River
Dennis Lehane
- Mass Market PB
- 9780380731855
- 8/26/2003
- $7.99 ($10.99 Can.)
- Marketing Code: AV
Mystic River CD
Dennis Lehane
- Audio
- 9780694524648
- Reader: David Strathairn
- Media: CDs
- 8/26/2003
- $29.95 ($45.95 Can.)
- Marketing Code: AV
Prayers for Rain
Dennis Lehane
- Hardcover
- 9780688153335
- 5/19/1999
- $25.00 ($37.00 Can.)
- Marketing Code: AV
Prayers for Rain
Dennis Lehane
- Mass Market PB
- 9780380730360
- 3/25/2003
- $7.99 ($8.99 Can.)
- Marketing Code: AV
Gone, Baby, Gone
Dennis Lehane
- Mass Market PB
- 9780380730353
- 3/25/2003
- $7.99 ($10.99 Can.)
- Marketing Code: AV
Also Available
Moonlight Mile Intl
Dennis Lehane
- Trade PB
- 9780062015846
- 11/2/2010
- $18.00
Moonlight Mile
Dennis Lehane
- E-Book
- 9780062024978
- 11/2/2010
- $20.99
Moonlight Mile Unabridged CD
Dennis Lehane
- Audio
- 9780062010865
- Reader: Jonathan Davis
- Media: CDs
- 11/2/2010
- $34.99 ($38.99)
Moonlight Mile LP
Dennis Lehane
- Large Print
- 9780062012166
- 11/2/2010
- $26.99 ($29.99)
Gone, Baby, Gone
Dennis Lehane
- Trade PB
- 9780061336218
- 9/7/2010
- $14.99 ($16.99)
A Drink Before the War
Dennis Lehane
- Mass Market PB
- 9780061998843
- 7/27/2010
- $9.99 ($12.99)
Darkness, Take My Hand
Dennis Lehane
- Mass Market PB
- 9780061998850
- 7/27/2010
- $9.99 ($12.99)
Sacred
Dennis Lehane
- Mass Market PB
- 9780061998867
- 7/27/2010
- $9.99 ($12.99)
Gone, Baby, Gone
Dennis Lehane
- Mass Market PB
- 9780061998874
- 7/27/2010
- $9.99 ($12.99)
Prayers for Rain
Dennis Lehane
- Mass Market PB
- 9780061998881
- 7/27/2010
- $9.99 ($12.99)
Moonlight Mile 10c signed carton
Dennis Lehane
- 9780062011015
- 11/2/2010
- 10-Copy Signed Carton
- $269.90 ($299.90)
Extras
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"Lehane's new novel MOONLIGHT MILE is yet more proof that the author is as much social historian as mystery writer, and that his true literary forefathers include John Steinbeck as well as Raymond Chandler. . . . He has precisely defined the gradations of class in American life - and illustrated the distorting downward push of economic pressures - through a fast-paced, heartbreaking story. Nobody pokes his nose into the crummy apartments and seedy bars and trash-packed alleys and emotional messes of lower-class life with more observational rigor than Lehane. . . . The plot of MOONLIGHT MILE flies at you fast and sinks its hooks into you for keeps. . . . Lehane's writing, as always, is tight, vivid and brilliantly assured. . . . But the heart of MOONLIGHT MILE, and the aspect of Lehane's work that lifts it cleanly above other crime fiction the way a grappling hook can raise a body from a quarry pond, is his deep, visceral understanding of poverty's effect on the human psyche, of how the constant throb of hunger can disfigure anybody's good nature and grand ambitions. . . . Just as Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath" told the story of one Depression, Lehane's MOONILGHT MILE begins to tell the story of another one. The latter is a nifty detective story, yes, but it's also more than that: It's an indictment of the times themselves, and a passionate hunt for the real criminals."
- Chicago Tribune
"Unlike the usual sequel writer who simply puts old creations through new paces, Mr. Lehane registers a deep affection for the Kenzie-Gennaro team and a passionate involvement in their problems. And he treats each book in this series as an occasion for wondering what kind of world can produce the depravity that each new plotline describes. . . . So Patrick and Angie follow the bread-crumb trail of clues and suspects, giving Mr. Lehane many occasions to write acid-etched dialogue and show off his fine powers of description."
- New York Times
"In many ways, the novel is an homage to happy family life. It's a deft delivery system for a story that mixes guts, betrayal and the importance of good values. It's also a sublime love story about what really matters in the grand scheme of things. Lehane says this may be the last novel he writes about Kenzie and Gennaro. It seems to wrap up the loose ends and set them on a more domestic path. If that's the case, it's a heck of a way to go out."
- USA Today
"Throughout, Lehane's writing mixes the streetwise and the lyrical. . . . Elsewhere, an extended metaphor aches with confusion and loss - not just the core characters' but that of a larger community, perhaps America itself. . . . Lehane has made quantum leaps as a craftsman. . . . Lehane is a writer bringing new confidence and an easy prowess to a new chapter in an epic story-the Kenzie-Gennaro saga"
- Washington Post
It's impossible to say whether "Moonlight Mile" was fun to write, but its central characters keep it fun to read, even when ratcheting the tension tight. . . . "Moonlight Mile" barrels apace, buoyed by the Kenzie and Gennaro dialogue as much as by the twists of the hunt. . . . MOONLIGHT MILE is everything that Lehane readers have come to expect: a tight story filliped with unexpected turns, delivered in prose that goes down easily. Compulsively readable, the duo at its heart is well worth spending time with.The story ends too soon - not because the ending is abrupt or unsatisfying; the conclusion absolutely works. But it's too soon to leave Kenzie and Gennaro behind. They are addicting characters with a world of adventure, and developing lives, in front of them."
- Denver Post
"Given that this is Lehane writing, the novel offers intense and violent action, brilliantly evoked Boston and surrounding locales, an assortment of finely etched individuals skilled in thuggery, various awful parents, and a complicated knot of a plot with surprise twists to spare."
- Houston Chronicle
"[MOONLIGHT MILE] zooms along the express track without sacrificing the emotional punch of Lehane's previous works."
- Los Angeles Book Review
"Lehane delivers masterfully with his latest novel, MOONLIGHT MILE. It's a taut, reflective sequel. . . . The book. . . crackles with Lehane's trademark wit and street wisdom. . . . You always learn something new when reading Lehane. Here, he'll have you flipping pages as fast as you can, loving the pace and danger, all the while pondering how far your own moral compass might wobble away from true north under the right circumstances."
- Dallas Morning News
"A modern master of suspense revives the series that initially earned him a hard-core following. . . . [Its] wise-cracking dialogue, page-turning plot and protagonists who are all the more likable for their flaws extend the addictive spirit of the series. . . . Welcome back."
- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"MOONLIGHT MILE is the kind of detective novel that brings out the reviewer's cliches - mesmerizing, page-turning, pulsating - but they're all true. I regretted putting it down at night and had to stop myself from dismissing my own work to read it the very next morning. . . . But I can honestly say you'll love this novel - if you like smart dialogue, compelling characters and plot, and thought-provoking ideas."
- Virginian Pilot
"In the absorbing MOONLIGHT MILE, [Lehane] returns to his roots in the series featuring Boston private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. . . . But the novel also reveals what happens when a master stretches the limits of a conventional mystery series. Streamlined and fast-paced, the novel cruises through a well-designed and executed plot. But at the same time, Lehane uses the form to give a twist of his own to hard-boiled detective fiction, employing it as a lens to magnify the moral consequences of choices that his characters make. He knows how to get equally valid chills and laughs out of the same situation, throwing the reader for a welcome loop. . . . The dialogue pops with energy. . . ."
- Columbus Dispatch
"Lehane delivers an emotional story that connects with the characters' capacity to grow. . . .
MOONLIGHT MILE is a worthy return for Lehane's iconic characters."
MOONLIGHT MILE is a worthy return for Lehane's iconic characters."
- Kansas City Star
"Lehane is one of America's best crime novelists; this book could easily become as memorable a film as two of his other spellbinding novels, 'Mystic River' and 'Shutter Island.'"
- Lansing State Journal
"It will send Lehane first-timers to the stacks searching for earlier titles."
- Florida Times-Union
"For fans of the Boston-based detective couple-a blue-collar Nick and Nora Charles, putting their relationship to the test in the face of thugs and bums, ethical dilemmas, and a balance-challenged checking account-the return is more than welcome. . . .
The plot of Moonlight Mile - a title taken from the Jagger/Richards song - is mapped out with Hammett-like precision, but as with Hammett (and Raymond Chandler and Ross Macdonald and Charles Willeford), when Lehane's on his game, it isn't the plot that matters. It's the characters, and the smart, hard-boiled prose."
The plot of Moonlight Mile - a title taken from the Jagger/Richards song - is mapped out with Hammett-like precision, but as with Hammett (and Raymond Chandler and Ross Macdonald and Charles Willeford), when Lehane's on his game, it isn't the plot that matters. It's the characters, and the smart, hard-boiled prose."
- Philadelphia Inquirer
Praise for Dennis Lehane:
“One of the best writers of his generation.”
“One of the best writers of his generation.”
- Cleveland Plain Dealer
"Big-hearted, sometimes heartbreaking and always compelling, MOONLIGHT MILE is the very welcome return of blue-collar Boston private eyes Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. "
- Seattle Times
"MOONLIGHT MILE reflects the national zeitgeist -- resentful, fearful and angry -- like few other novels I've read this year. Lehane, always a populist, nails it. . . . "
- Oregonian
"Dennis Lehane is one of the best in the business of writing in the hard-boiled detective form. . . . Lehane is a master of the genre's lean, propulsive style and its sharply observed descriptions. . . ."
- St. Petersburg Times
"Lehane's new book is so much more than a mystery. Drug dealers, Russian gangsters and a mentally unstable crime boss and his wife provide a colorful and dangerous backdrop for a tale of wrong and right and how seldom there are clear-cut, simple matters. MOONLIGHT MILE provides the twists and thrills that mystery lovers crave, and so much more in a sequel that is certainly the equal of its predecessor."
- Associated Press
"Lehane's voice, original, haunting, and straight from the heart, places him among the top ranks of stylists who enrich the modern mystery novel."
- Publishers Weekly
"Dennis Lehane's gutsy Boston P.I.s Kenzie and Gennaro are back. . . . In this gritty, sardonic sequel-crammed with rage at a world in which too many girls are too easily lost. . ."
- Parade
"Lehane's interest in investigating moral ambiguity and a genuine affection for his characters makes MOONLIGHT MILE a satisfying send-off."
- Christian Science Monitor
"The superb detective novels of Dennis Lehane . . . became a kind of lifeline for me."
- Stephen King, New York Times Book Review
"Lehane's voice is an original. He turns the hard-boiled detective novel into an elegiac treatise on the corruption of the soul."
- Michael Connelly
Praise for The Given Day:
“[A] work of admirable ambition and scope. . . . Lehane is as much like contemporaries George Pelecanos and Richard Price as he is like the bygone Boston-based John P. Marquand, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist.”
“[A] work of admirable ambition and scope. . . . Lehane is as much like contemporaries George Pelecanos and Richard Price as he is like the bygone Boston-based John P. Marquand, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist.”
- Los Angeles Times Book Review
"[Lehane] deserves to be included among the most interesting and accomplished American novelists of any genre or category. . . . A powerful moment in history, and Lehane makes the most of it. . . . Heartfelt and moving."
- Washington Post Book World
"Stands in the great tradition of the American novel, setting an enthralling personal story against a great sweep of history. The result is epic, romantic, and intelligent."
- Kate Atkinson
"Superbly written, meticulously researched. . . . Places [Lehane] in the first rank of modern American novelists."
- Associated Press
“Steeped in history but wearing its research lightly, The Given Day is a meaty, rich, old-fashioned and satisfying tale. . . . Lehane’s masterpiece.”
- Seattle Times
"Passionate and powerful. . . . [Lehane] is becoming, book by book, the foremost chronicler of social class in America. . . . Lehane is trying to get his arms around the origins of modern America, the divide between red states and blue states, the great cultural cleaver that splits the country right down the middle . . . [in this] massive, ambitious novel."
- Chicago Tribune
"Lehane tackles corruption in many forms as he brings his complicated plot to its satisfying resolution, at the same time leaving readers to ponder moral questions about social and individual responsibility long after the last page is turned."
- Publishers Weekly
Praise for Mystic River:
“A powerhouse of a...novel... heart-scorching... penetrating.”
“A powerhouse of a...novel... heart-scorching... penetrating.”
- New York Times Book Review
"Stylish . . . . .It shimmers with great dialogue and a complex view of the world."
- Newsweek
"The way the story unfolds and wraps itself around your innermost fears makes it a gut-clenching winner. . . . Lehane's ability to create crystal-clear portraits of humanity and then place them in the darker side of a life is a writer's true gift."
- USA Today
Praise for Gone, Baby, Gone:
“Gone, Baby, Gone is a tough, true, powerful story written by a stunningly good novelist, one of our very best.”
“Gone, Baby, Gone is a tough, true, powerful story written by a stunningly good novelist, one of our very best.”
- James Patterson
"Lehane delivers big time."
- Wall Street Journal