In this "absolutely gripping"(Chicago Tribune) thriller, New York Times bestselling authorDennis Lehane vividly captures the complex beauty and darkness of working-classBoston.The tough neighborhood ofDorchester is no place for the innocent or the weak. Its territory is definedby hard heads and even harder luck; its streets are littered with the detritusof broken families, hearts, and dreams. Now one of its youngest ismissing. Private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro don't want thecase. But after pleas from the child's aunt, they open an investigation thatwill ultimately risk everything--their relationship, their sanity, and eventheir lives--to find a little girl lost.