Shutter Island Dennis Lehane | ISBN : 0-688-16317-3

Shutter Island

Author: Dennis Lehane

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Publication Date: 14 April, 2003

ISBN: 9780688163174

Pages: 336

Subjects: Mystery, Suspense, Thrillers, Psychological

Available as: Trade Cloth, 978-1-84395-335-7 Trade Cloth, 978-0-688-16317-4 Trade Paper, 978-0-06-180740-4 Trade Paper, 978-0-06-189881-5 Trade Paper, 978-0-06-188604-1 Trade Paper, 978-0-06-054550-5 Audio Recording Downloadable, 978-1-84632-222-8 Audio Recording Downloadable, 978-1-4074-0634-3 E-Book - Epublication content package, 978-0-06-189722-1 Audio Recording Downloadable, 978-1-4356-7004-4

Description:

The "New York Times" bestselling author of "Mystic River" and master of the new noir returns with a scorching psychological thriller set in 1954 at Ashcliffe Hospital--a federal institution for the criminally insane. As a storm threatens to strand U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels and his partner Chuck Aule, they stumble into an evil darker than any nightmare.

PW Publishers Weekly

Review Source: Publishers Weekly

Review Date: 2009-11-30

Repackaged as a tie-in to the forthcoming movie, this audio version of Lehane's 2003 chilling novel features two U.S. marshals who arrive at an island off the coast of Massachusetts that's being used as a federal hospital for the criminally insane. Their job: investigate the disappearance of a multiple murderess from a locked room. Tom Stechschulte's rendition of the endlessly shifting story line is a tour de force. He begins by capturing the easygoing male bonding of the two lawmen and slowly adds a harder edge to the narration as they meet the odd people in charge of the facility and encounter an assortment of increasingly disturbing events. Even if listeners may be disappointed with Lehane's somewhat predictable conclusion, Stechschulte's delivery-shot through with pain and rage-ensures that they will not forget it. A Morrow hardcover. (Sept.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved