Cawley-and pick up hints of illegal brain surgery performed at the hospital.
The marshals' digging gets them nowhere fast as they learn of Rachel's apparently miraculous escape past locked doors and myriad guards, and as they encounter roadblocks and lies strewn across their path-most notably by the hospital's chief physician, the enigmatic J. marshals, protagonist Teddy Daniels and his new partner, Chuck Aule, arrive on Shutter Island, not far from Boston, to investigate the disappearance of patient Rachel Solando from the prison/hospital for the criminally insane that dominates the island. But as anyone who has read him knows, Lehane, despite his mastery of the mechanics of suspense, is about much more than twists here, he's in pursuit of the nature of self-knowledge and self-deception, and the ways in which both can be warped by violence and evil. Pick up this book when you’ve set aside a long block of time for reading, because you will not want to put it down.Know this: Lehane's new novel, his first since the highly praised and bestselling Mystic River, carries an ending so shocking yet so faithful to what has come before, that it will go down as one of the most aesthetically right resolutions ever written. Most importantly for a book so full of plot twists and riddles, the ending does not disappoint.
Adept character development brings each person to life, and their complexities keep both Teddy and the reader guessing. Crawley, the Chief of Staff, a brilliant and compassionate psychiatrist, or a mad genius who will stop at nothing to protect his empire? Is Teddy here because he finagled the assignment, or did somebody summon him here, and why?ĭennis Lehane is a wonderful writer who manages to make the claustrophobic atmosphere at this isolated island prison frighteningly real. And one of the patients just may be the pyromaniac who set the apartment fire that killed Teddy’s wife.Īs the investigation proceeds, the mystery deepens.
Senator of his acquaintance is interested in the possibility of radical experimentation being performed on the incarcerated patients. Marshal Teddy Daniels arrives at the federal hospital/prison to investigate the disappearance of a patient who escaped from a locked room, leaving no trace. This fast-paced and smartly plotted psychological thriller is set in 1954 on the grounds of the Ashecliffe Hospital for the criminally insane.
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