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"The basis for the blockbuster motion picture directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Shutter Island by New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane is a gripping and atmospheric psychological thriller where nothing is quite what it seems. The New York Times calls Shutter Island, ""Startlingly original."" The Washington Post raves, ""Brilliantly conceived and executed."" A masterwork of suspense and surprise from the author of Mystic River and Gone, Baby, Gone, Shutter Island carries the reader into a nightmare world of madness, mind control, and CIA Cold War paranoia and is unlike anything you've ever read before."

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The ride this novel provides is as good as entertainment gets. -- Miami Herald Startlingly original...instantly cinematic... unfolds with increasing urgency until it delivers a visceral shock in its final moments. -- New York Times One difference between simply listening and having a listening experience is Tom Stechschulte. He doesn't merely perform characters; he channels them. Main characters, doctors, nurses, inmates, and orderlies have believable individual voices and personalities. Lehane twists a devastating hurricane, possible unethical experiments, and enough secrets to justify paranoia into a psychological thriller that works...Stechschulte's magic makes it work the rest. -- AudioFile Nightmarish...it's not a book to start before bedtime. Even if you finish before dawn, Shutter Island will trouble your sleep. -- Orlando Sentinel Get ready to shudder on a trip to Shutter Island...a tremendously satisfying thriller...a great, fun read...The suspense is molasses-thick with a plot that will keep you guessing...Lehane has created a dark work with terrific dialogue and a troubled protagonist...And then there's the ending...Mystic River raised the bar for Lehane; Shutter Island puts it higher still. -- Denver Post Fasten your seat belts for a bumpy, breakneck ride...utterly absorbing...is an express train with no local stops...engrossing. -- Boston Globe Combines the claustrophobia of...Agatha Christie...with the creepiness of a good Stephen King yarn...Good luck putting this one down. -- San Francisco Chronicle Book Review Chilling...a perfect thriller. But for mystery writer extraordinare Dennis Lehane, elaborate plots and vivid settings serve as mere backdrop for showcasing his greater talent; a prodigious ability to develop unforgettable, emotionally textured characters. -- Providence Journal-Bulletin Brilliantly conceived and executed...To read Dennis Lehane's Shutter Island is to enter a nightmare of madness, violence, and deception...Its shocking outcome kept me awake, deep into the night, as I began to grasp what the author has done to my innocent mind--and he will do it to yours, too, if you let him. -- Washington Post Book World Audacious and chilling...Shutter Island is a superbly constructed novel that manages to be at once gripping, surprising, and discomforting...It evokes comparisons to Edgar Allan Poe's tales...Lehane is very good indeed. -- Houston Chronicle Another blistering page-turner...A master of the adroit psychological detail, Lehane makes the horrors of the mean streets pale in comparison to the workings of the human mind. -- Booklist A terrific suspense novel. -- Publishers Weekly A lollapalooza of a corkscrew thriller. -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

A lollapalooza of a corkscrew thriller. -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) A terrific suspense novel. -- Publishers Weekly Another blistering page-turner...A master of the adroit psychological detail, Lehane makes the horrors of the mean streets pale in comparison to the workings of the human mind. -- Booklist Audacious and chilling...Shutter Island is a superbly constructed novel that manages to be at once gripping, surprising, and discomforting...It evokes comparisons to Edgar Allan Poe's tales...Lehane is very good indeed. -- Houston Chronicle Brilliantly conceived and executed...To read Dennis Lehane's Shutter Island is to enter a nightmare of madness, violence, and deception...Its shocking outcome kept me awake, deep into the night, as I began to grasp what the author has done to my innocent mind--and he will do it to yours, too, if you let him. -- Washington Post Book World Chilling...a perfect thriller. But for mystery writer extraordinare Dennis Lehane, elaborate plots and vivid settings serve as mere backdrop for showcasing his greater talent; a prodigious ability to develop unforgettable, emotionally textured characters. -- Providence Journal-Bulletin Combines the claustrophobia of...Agatha Christie...with the creepiness of a good Stephen King yarn...Good luck putting this one down. -- San Francisco Chronicle Book Review Fasten your seat belts for a bumpy, breakneck ride...utterly absorbing...is an express train with no local stops...engrossing. -- Boston Globe Get ready to shudder on a trip to Shutter Island...a tremendously satisfying thriller...a great, fun read...The suspense is molasses-thick with a plot that will keep you guessing...Lehane has created a dark work with terrific dialogue and a troubled protagonist...And then there's the ending...Mystic River raised the bar for Lehane; Shutter Island puts it higher still. -- Denver Post Nightmarish...it's not a book to start before bedtime. Even if you finish before dawn, Shutter Island will trouble your sleep. -- Orlando Sentinel One difference between simply listening and having a listening experience is Tom Stechschulte. He doesn't merely perform characters; he channels them. Main characters, doctors, nurses, inmates, and orderlies have believable individual voices and personalities. Lehane twists a devastating hurricane, possible unethical experiments, and enough secrets to justify paranoia into a psychological thriller that works...Stechschulte's magic makes it work the rest. -- AudioFile Startlingly original...instantly cinematic... unfolds with increasing urgency until it delivers a visceral shock in its final moments. -- New York Times The ride this novel provides is as good as entertainment gets. -- Miami Herald

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"Dennis Lehane is the author of ten previous novels--including the New York Times bestsellers Live by Night; Moonlight Mile; Gone, Baby, Gone; Mystic River; Shutter Island; and The Given Day--as well as Coronado, a collection of short stories and a play. He lives in California with his family. Tom Stechschulte has narrated well over a hundred audiobooks and has won many AudioFile Earphones Awards. He won the prestigious Audie Award in 2009 and has been a finalist for the Audie in 2005 and 2011. As an actor, he has been seen in eleven Broadway shows as well as numerous television and film shows, including the remake of The Manchurian Candidate. He was featured on one of the most famous episodes of The Incredible Hulk ever, September 1979's ""Blind Rage."""

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