Kenzie and Gennaro book 1 · 1994
A Drink Before the War
Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro are hired by powerful politicians to find a cleaning woman who has stolen documents from the State House, and find themselves in the middle of a gang war.
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Book facts
- Author
- Dennis Lehane
- Series
- Kenzie and Gennaro, book 1 of 6
- Published
- 1994
- Setting
- Set in Boston
- Characters charted
- 4
- Chart confidence
- High
Who is in A Drink Before the War
4 recurring or key characters from Dennis Lehane’s chart. Introduces Patrick Kenzie, Angela Gennaro, Bubba Rogowski and Devin Amronklin.
Lead 2
- Patrick KenzieFirst appearanceBoston private investigator
- Angela GennaroFirst appearancePatrick’s partner, later his wife
Major 1
- Bubba RogowskiFirst appearanceArms dealer and their loyal friend
Minor and cameo 1
- Devin AmronklinFirst appearanceBoston police detective
Also featuring these characters
Other Dennis Lehane books that share the most characters with A Drink Before the War.
- Sacred1997 · Kenzie and Gennaro · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Gone, Baby, Gone1998 · Kenzie and Gennaro · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Prayers for Rain1999 · Kenzie and Gennaro · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Moonlight Mile2010 · Kenzie and Gennaro · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon