About the book: year / Dennis Lehane, before becoming a professional writer, worked as a bookstore salesman, a parking attendant, a limousine driver, and a business consultant. problem and mentally handicapped children. In 1990 he began writing stories. Lehane's debut novel, A Drink Before Battle, was published in 1994 and won the Shamus Award for best debut novel. However, this book was written earlier, back in 1991, when Dennis was a college student. Lehane works in a hard-boiled style, acknowledging the influence of another Boston master of the detective genre, Robert Parker, on his work. Most of the writer's novels are part of a series about Dorchester detectives Patrick Kenzie and Angie Ginnaro. Lehane lives in Boston and St. Petersburg, Florida, where he teaches at Eckerd College. In addition to writing novels, he writes screenplays and is the author of three episodes of the TV series “The Wire.” The off-cycle novel Mystic River was filmed by Clint Eastwood in 2002, and Gone Baby Gone was filmed by Ben Affleck in 2007. The film “Shutter Island” based on the novel by Lehane (dir. Martin Scorsese) starring Leonardo DiCaprio was released in 2010. In addition to the Shamus Award, Lehane's books have received the Edgar, Anthony, Dilys and Nero Wolfe awards. Contents: "Patrick Kenzie":1.A drink before the battle.2.Give me your hand, darkness.3.Sacred.4.Goodbye, baby, goodbye.5.Waiting for the rain.6.Moon mile."Denny Coghlin":1 .The Mysterious River.2.When there is an abyss under your feet.3.The day will come.SELECTED DETECTIVES:1.Night is my home.2.The Gone World.3.Common Fund.4.Island of the Damned.