<p>When a former client jumps naked from a Boston landmark, Private Investigator Patrick Kenzie wants to know why. Once a perky young woman in love with life, her suicide is the final fall in a spiral of self-destruction.</p><p>What Kenzie discovers is a sadistic stalker who targeted the woman and methodically drove her to her death - a monster that the law can't touch. But Kenzie can. He and his former partner, Angela Gennaro, will fight a mind-twisting battle against the psychopath, even as he turns tricks on them...</p><p><em>Prayers for Rain </em>is another superior thriller from Dennis Lehane, the bestselling and acclaimed author of <em>Mystic River, Shutter Island, </em>and <em>Gone, Baby, Gone.</em></p>