Sacred
- 383
- Pages
- about 7 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Sacred” is a lively, entertaining third case for Dennis Lehane’s detective partners Kenzie and Gennaro. Some readers relish the pair’s conversations and find it less given to sermonising than the earlier books. Many readers, though, rank it below the rest of the series, and some find the villains cartoonish, the twists too many and the climax overblown. It works best for readers already following the series.
The view of the BookRank editors, written from readers’ ratings and comments. It does not affect the score or the book’s place in a ranking.
About the book
Sacred (1997) is a crime novel by American writer Dennis Lehane, the third book in his Kenzie/Gennaro series.
Reading order · Kenzie & Gennaro
Full order & progress →- A Drink Before the WarStart here
7.67.6 / 10 - Darkness, Take My Hand
7.87.8 / 10 - SacredThis book
7.77.7 / 10 - Gone, Baby, Gone
7.87.8 / 10 - Prayers for RainPrayers for Rain–Not ranked yet
- Moonlight MileMoonlight Mile–Not ranked yet
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.7 across 51 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 26% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Crime & mystery average of 7.6. That is how 7.7 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 7.7 | 51 | 100% |
Frequently asked
How long is Sacred?
It has 383 pages — shorter than 62% of the ranked books in Crime & mystery.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
If you liked this
The same shelf — Crime & mystery — and a score of 7.7, the closest to this book.
