[1] From the back of the paperback: When Detectives Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro agree to protect the son of a prominent psychiatrist they soon find bodies are piling up around them.

As the duo try to find out what kind of human being could perform such horrifying acts of mutilation, torture and dismemberment, they discover that the killer's motive is disturbingly rooted in their own past.

In a series of heart-stopping climaxes that grow ever more bloody, ever more terrifying, the two detectives work frantically to capture the killer before they become victims themselves.Darkness, Take My Hand received starred reviews from Booklist[2] and Publishers Weekly.

[3] Publishers Weekly called the novel "outstanding", noting that "the story is densely peopled with multidimensional characters; there are no forgettable, walk-on roles on Lehane's stage".

[3] Kirkus Reviews wrote, "Though there's an unseemly lack of subtlety to Lehane's sex scenes and violent set pieces, the passion of his neighborhood nightmare can hardly be denied.