[Lehane] remains one of the great, diabolical thriller kings who seems intimately acquainted with darkness and can make it seep from the page.” — New York Times
“A pleasantly twisted character study and a love story. . . . Lehane is in command of what he’s doing.” — Washington Post
“A pleasantly twisted character study and a love story. . . . Lehane is in command of what he’s doing.” — Tampa Bay Times
“Lehane has written two books-one, an insightful examination of the search for identity and belonging, and two, a thriller that constantly leaves you guessing-and then smashed them together into one terrific read.” — Gillian Flynn
“A riveting exercise in psychological suspense.” — Providence Journal
“Endlessly surprising. . . . [A] twisty tale.” — Wall Street Journal
“Lehane writes expert, compelling thrillers. . . . He’s one of the game changers who smashed the imaginary boundary between genre and literature, proving that we can have the best of both at once.” — Tana French, Washington Post
“Make no mistake, Since We Fell is crime fiction, filled with con men, murder, greed and revenge. But the love story gives this novel its heart.” — Associated Press
“[Lehane’s] work always combines pulp thrills with literary heart and sophistication.” — Entertainment Weekly
“The most thrilling novel I’ll read all year. Since We Fell is simmering with emotion, menace, and humor. I loved it.” — Kate Atkinson
“Complex, tense, compelling, and an emotional and strategic hall of mirrors, where nothing is what it seems—but I would follow Dennis Lehane anywhere.” — Lee Child
“Another winner from the author of Mystic River . . . . A raucous mix of lust, greed, and betrayal.” — AARP Magazine
“The surfeit of plot twists and emotional baggage are buoyed by Lehane’s hard-boiled lyricism and peerless feel for New England noir.” — USA Today
“One doesn’t ‘read’ Since We Fell so much as plunge and tumble through its pages like a raft in white water. A sweet bullet of a book.” — Richard Price
“Once you pick up a Dennis Lehane novel, you’re hooked. It’s just that simple. Since We Fell is a complex, compelling, page-turner of a novel from a master storyteller at the top of his game.” — Kristin Hannah
“[Since We Fell ] should have crime fiction fans busting out the bottle rockets and champagne. . . . It’s impossible not to succumb.” — Lithub
“With sharply acute characterization, this is classic Lehane.” — The Guardian
“A ride you won’t want to miss.” — New York Journal of Books
“The mystery and intrigue never let go; the twists and turns are engaging and unexpected all the way down the track.” — James Lee Burke
[Lehane] remains one of the great, diabolical thriller kings who seems intimately acquainted with darkness and can make it seep from the page.
The most thrilling novel I’ll read all year. Since We Fell is simmering with emotion, menace, and humor. I loved it.
With sharply acute characterization, this is classic Lehane.
One doesn’t ‘read’ Since We Fell so much as plunge and tumble through its pages like a raft in white water. A sweet bullet of a book.
The surfeit of plot twists and emotional baggage are buoyed by Lehane’s hard-boiled lyricism and peerless feel for New England noir.
[Lehane] remains one of the great, diabolical thriller kings who seems intimately acquainted with darkness and can make it seep from the page or screen.
The New York Times - Janet Maslin
03/27/2017
Lehane writes expert, compelling thrillers. . . . He’s one of the game changers who smashed the imaginary boundary between genre and literature, proving that we can have the best of both at once.
Make no mistake, Since We Fell is crime fiction, filled with con men, murder, greed and revenge. But the love story gives this novel its heart.
A riveting exercise in psychological suspense.
Endlessly surprising. . . . [A] twisty tale.
Lehane has written two books-one, an insightful examination of the search for identity and belonging, and two, a thriller that constantly leaves you guessing-and then smashed them together into one terrific read.
A pleasantly twisted character study and a love story. . . . Lehane is in command of what he’s doing.
A pleasantly twisted character study and a love story. . . . Lehane is in command of what he’s doing.
[Lehane’s] work always combines pulp thrills with literary heart and sophistication.
Endlessly surprising. . . . [A] twisty tale.
A pleasantly twisted character study and a love story. . . . Lehane is in command of what he’s doing.
Complex, tense, compelling, and an emotional and strategic hall of mirrors, where nothing is what it seems—but I would follow Dennis Lehane anywhere.
A ride you won’t want to miss.
New York Journal of Books
The surfeit of plot twists and emotional baggage are buoyed by Lehane’s hard-boiled lyricism and peerless feel for New England noir.
[Since We Fell ] should have crime fiction fans busting out the bottle rockets and champagne. . . . It’s impossible not to succumb.
Once you pick up a Dennis Lehane novel, you’re hooked. It’s just that simple. Since We Fell is a complex, compelling, page-turner of a novel from a master storyteller at the top of his game.
Another winner from the author of Mystic River . . . . A raucous mix of lust, greed, and betrayal.
The mystery and intrigue never let go; the twists and turns are engaging and unexpected all the way down the track.
Make no mistake, Since We Fell is crime fiction, filled with con men, murder, greed and revenge. But the love story gives this novel its heart.
02/15/2017
If you listen to audiobooks in the car, prepare to find yourself sitting in the driveway with this one. Julia Whelan does a near flawless job delivering this palpitation-inducing psychological thriller from the great Dennis Lehane. She’s good at accents, switching ages and genders, and her pacing is impeccable. Rachel Childs, the only child of a beautiful, very smart, very damaged mother, is looking for her father, whose identity she never knew. Always a great setup, but Lehane is using it as a springboard to explain how Rachel falls into a totally different swamp of deceptions. Whelan struggles with pronouncing “atheneum,” and someone “demured” at one point instead of demurring, or this performance would be a bases-loaded home run. Maybe is anyway. B.G. © AudioFile 2017, Portland, Maine
★ 2017-02-06
