Dennis Lehane: Shutter Island

Teddy said, “I don’t know, Chuck. You think they’re onto us?”

“Nah.” Chuck tilted his head back, squinting a bit in the sun, and he smiled at Teddy. “We’re too smart for that.”

“Yeah,” Teddy said. “We are, aren’t we?”

Thanks to Sheila, George Bick, Jack Driscoll, Dawn Ellenburg, Mike Flynn, Julie Anne McNary, David Robichaud, and Joanna Solfrian.

Three texts were indispensable in writing this novel: Boston Harbor Islands by Emily and David Kale; Gracefully Insane , Alex Beam’s account of McLean Hospital; and Robert Whitaker’s Mad in America , which documented the use of neuroleptics on schizophrenics in American psychiatric institutions. I remain indebted to all three books for their outstanding reportage.

As ever, as always, thanks to my editor, Claire Wachtel (every writer should be so blessed), and my agent, Ann Rittenberg, who gave me the book by giving me the Sinatra.

DENNIS LEHANEis the author of the New York Times bestseller Mystic River ; Prayers for Rain ; Gone, Baby, Gone ; Sacred ; Darkness, Take My Hand; and A Drink Before the War , which won the Shamus Award for Best First Novel. A native of Dorchester, Massachusetts, he lives in the Boston area. You can visit his website at www.dennislehanebooks.com

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This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

SHUTTER ISLAND. Copyright (c) 2006 by Dennis Lehane.

Microsoft Reader August 2006 ISBN 0-06-123849-X