Dennis Lehane is a New York Times best-selling author who won a Shamus Award for his first novel. In Shutter Island, he weaves a dark and terrifying story of deception, manipulation, and murder. Ashecliffe Hospital for the Criminally Insane looms like a fortress on Shutter Island. As a hurricane swirls toward the hospital, a U.S. marshal arrives to track down an escaped patient-a murderess who may hold the key to what really goes on in the locked wards and operating rooms.