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ReviewsStartlingly original…instantly cinematic…unfolds with increasing urgency until it delivers a visceral shock in its final moments., Startlingly original.instantly cinematic. unfolds with increasing urgency until it delivers a visceral shock in its final moments., Fasten your seat belts for a bumpy, breakneck ride.utterly absorbing. is an express train with no local stops.engrossing., Startlingly original...instantly cinematic...unfolds with increasing urgency until it delivers a visceral shock in its final moments., ' pure adrenaline rush...chilling?Shutter Island is all about pulling you in and not letting go until its shocking, wrenching conclusion. At that point, exhausted and thrilled, you want to start over?Lehane works claustrophobia so well you can practically feel the walls closing in, giving Shutter Island a dark, disturbing atmosphere of mortal danger and creeping paranoia?The ride this novel provides is as good as entertainment gets.' (Miami Herald), Fasten your seat belts for a bumpy, breakneck ride...utterly absorbing...is an express train with no local stops...engrossing., Nightmarish…it's not a book to start before bedtime. Even if you finish before dawn, Shutter Island will trouble your sleep., Nightmarish.it's not a book to start before bedtime. Even if you finish before dawn, Shutter Island will trouble your sleep., 'pure adrenaline rush...chilling?Shutter Island is all about pulling you in and not letting go until its shocking, wrenching conclusion. At that point, exhausted and thrilled, you want to start over?Lehane works claustrophobia so well you can practically feel the walls closing in, giving Shutter Island a dark, disturbing atmosphere of mortal danger and creeping paranoia?The ride this novel provides is as good as entertainment gets.' (Miami Herald), Fasten your seat belts for a bumpy, breakneck ride…utterly absorbing…is an express train with no local stops…engrossing., Nightmarish...it's not a book to start before bedtime. Even if you finish before dawn, Shutter Island will trouble your sleep., “Startlingly original…instantly cinematic… unfolds with increasing urgency until it delivers a visceral shock in its final moments.�, “Fasten your seat belts for a bumpy, breakneck ride…utterly absorbing… is an express train with no local stops…engrossing.�, Combines the claustrophobia of . . . Agatha Christie . . . with the creepiness of a good Stephen King yarn. . . . Good luck putting this one down.|9780061898815|
SynopsisThe 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., 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., 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." TheWashington Post raves, "Brilliantly conceived and executed." A masterwork of suspense and surprise from the author of Mystic River and Gone, Baby, Gone,ShutterIsland 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.