Lehane, D: Live by Night A Novel

"LIVE BY NIGHT is, first and foremost, a great story. But it is also proof positive that Lehane's 2008 novel, The Given Day, was no fluke-more than just a crime writer, Lehane is an author who works on a higher literary plane. . . . LIVE BY NIGHT is a morality tale in which, as one character notes, "No one's good, no one's bad." Except for the author, who once again shows just how good he is." - Minneapolis Star Tribune

"Lehane's novel carves its own unique place in the Prohibition landscape. . . . This is an utterly magnetic novel on every level, a reimagining of the great themes of popular fiction-crime, family, passion, betrayal-set against an exquisitely rendered historical backdrop." - Booklist (starred review)

"LIVE BY NIGHT belongs somewhere in a realm of Mario Puzo meets the Bible. It's a morality tale, but in keeping with the best of those, it's complex and layered and damnably entertaining, too." - New York Daily News

"LIVE BY NIGHT is Crime Noir 101, as taught by the best of its current practitioners. . . . Yet [Lehane's] idea of plain old crime is sophisticated, literary and barbed enough that it makes this book a sentence-by-sentence pleasure. You are in the hands of an expert. And you'll know it." - Janet Maslin, New York Times

"LIVE BY NIGHT is Crime Noir 101, as taught by the best of its current practitioners. . . . A sentence-by-sentence pleasure. You are in the hands of an expert. And you'll know it." - Janet Maslin, New York Times

"LIVE BY NIGHT transcends the familiar and assumes an unimpeachable reality of its own. . . . [A] meticulously crafted portrait of our violent national past." - Washington Post Book World

"Exquisitely plotted. . . . LIVE BY NIGHT is a masterful outing by an author known for superior storytelling." - South Florida Sun Sentinel

"Masterful. . . . Lehane has created a mature, quintessentially American story that will appeal to readers of literary and crime fiction alike." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Combining period detail from the Prohibition era with the depth of character and twists of plot that have won him such a devoted readership. . . . The novel builds to a powerful series of climaxes, following betrayal upon betrayal, which will satisfy Lehane's fans and deserves to extend his readership as well. Power, lust and moral ambiguity combine for an all-American explosion of fictional fireworks." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)