The Recurring Cast
Character · Kenzie and Gennaro · 6 books

Patrick Kenzie

Boston private investigator · Dennis Lehane

Patrick Kenzie is a Boston private investigator.

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Character facts

First appearance
A Drink Before the War (1994)
Latest appearance
Moonlight Mile (2010)
Books
6 (6 as lead)
Series
Kenzie and Gennaro
Author
Dennis Lehane
Circle
Kenzie and Gennaro

Where to meet Patrick Kenzie

Patrick Kenzie first appears in A Drink Before the War (1994), as the lead, book 1 of the Kenzie and Gennaro series.

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Every book with Patrick Kenzie

In publication order, with the size of their role in each.

  1. 1994LA Drink Before the Warlead · Kenzie and GennaroBuy
  2. 1996LDarkness, Take My Handlead · Kenzie and GennaroBuy
  3. 1997LSacredlead · Kenzie and GennaroBuy
  4. 1998LGone, Baby, Gonelead · Kenzie and GennaroBuy
  5. 1999LPrayers for Rainlead · Kenzie and GennaroBuy
  6. 2010LMoonlight Milelead · Kenzie and GennaroBuy

Appears most often with

CharacterBooks together
Angela GennaroPatrick’s partner, later his wife6
Bubba RogowskiArms dealer and their loyal friend6
Devin AmronklinBoston police detective6
Amanda McCreadyMissing four-year-old, later a teenager2