Staff Pick
Lehane has created another standout thriller. This one features a female protagonist and Lehane captures her completely as she struggles with the wounds of a missing father and an ice-cold, withholding mother. When her career implodes, Rachel is beset by crippling panic attacks, helped only by a husband who turns out not to be what he seems. As she begins to realize the depth of this latest betrayal, Rachel goes on the offensive and into a nightmare. This is suspense at its very best. Recommended By Kathi K., Powells.com
Synopses & Reviews
The new novel from New York Times bestseller Dennis Lehane, author of Mystic River and Shutter Island.
"Lehane is the master of complex human characters thrust into suspenseful, page-turning situations." — Gillian Flynn
Since We Fell follows Rachel Childs, a former journalist who, after an on-air mental breakdown, now lives as a virtual shut-in. In all other respects, however, she enjoys an ideal life with an ideal husband. Until a chance encounter on a rainy afternoon causes that ideal life to fray. As does Rachel’s marriage. As does Rachel herself. Sucked into a conspiracy thick with deception, violence, and possibly madness, Rachel must find the strength within herself to conquer unimaginable fears and mind-altering truths. By turns heart- breaking, suspenseful, romantic, and sophisticated, Since We Fell is a novel of profound psychological insight and tension. It is Dennis Lehane at his very best.
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"A crafty, ingenious tale of murder and deception-and a deeply resonant account of one woman’s effort to heal deep wounds that don’t easily show." Kirkus Reviews
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"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
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"The most thrilling novel I’ll read all year. Since We Fell is simmering with emotion, menace, and humor. I loved it." Kate Atkinson
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"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
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"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
About the Author
Dennis Lehane is the author of ten previous novels — including the New York Times bestsellers Live by Night; Moonlight Mile; Gone, Baby, Gone; Mystic River; Shutter Island; and The Given Day — as well as Coronado, a collection of short stories and a play. He lives in California with his family.