Darkness, Take My Hand

#103 in Crime & mystery

Darkness, Take My Hand

Dennis Lehane

First published 1996Original language EN

7.87.8 / 10
Score out of 1067 ratingsConfidence 31%: this much of the score is the readers’ own
#103 of 200 in Crime & mystery ahead of 49% of the category
477
Pages
about 9 h
Reading time

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About the book

Darkness, Take My Hand (1996) is the second book in the Kenzie/Gennaro series by Dennis Lehane.

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Reading order · Kenzie & Gennaro

Full order & progress →
7.58.08.5
7.67.6 / 10
7.87.8 / 10
7.77.7 / 10
7.87.8 / 10
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199419961997199819992010
7.58.08.5
199419961997199819992010
7.67.6 / 10
7.87.8 / 10
7.77.7 / 10
7.87.8 / 10
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Score per volume6 volumes on a timeline, 1994 to 2010 · Best-rated volume: Darkness, Take My Hand
  1. A Drink Before the War
    A Drink Before the War1994 · 105 ratingsStart here
    7.67.6 / 10
  2. Darkness, Take My Hand
    Darkness, Take My Hand1996 · 67 ratingsThis book
    7.87.8 / 10
  3. Sacred
    Sacred1997 · 51 ratings
    7.77.7 / 10
  4. Gone, Baby, Gone
    Gone, Baby, Gone1998 · 79 ratings
    7.87.8 / 10
  5. Prayers for Rain
    Prayers for Rain1999 · 42 ratings · Not ranked yet
    –Not ranked yet
  6. Moonlight Mile
    Moonlight Mile2010 · 43 ratings · Not ranked yet
    –Not ranked yet

Where the score comes from

The sources average 8.1 across 67 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 31% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Crime & mystery average of 7.6. That is how 7.8 comes out.

SourceAverageRatingsWeight
Hardcover8.167 100%

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