5 Other Dennis Lehane Novels That Should Be Movies

5. A Drink Before The War

Gone Baby Gone introduced the movie-going public to the private detective team of Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro but A Drink Before The War is the their first real story. If the studio could get Casey Affleck and Michelle Monaghan back for this, the story would easily adapt to just being the further adventures of the duo. If not then this would also be the perfect basis of a re-launch for the stories of Kenzie and Gennaro in the cinematic world.  

The story revolves around the seemingly simple crime of some stolen photos that a politician hires the detectives to retrieve but things escalate to the level of an all out gang war in the streets of Boston and delves into the conspiracy of corrupt politics. Political scandal and the misconduct of authorities has a long history of leading to riots and violence in the U.S. but those issues reached a boiling point over the past year and a story like this would certainly hit home for many people in the current movie-going audience. Also, with multiple gang leaders at war and a handful of scheming machiavellian politicians, there are several juicy roles for talented actors to step into.  

Casting choices:
I think the original cast did a great job but if they wanted to reboot these are very adaptable roles for most actors. I could see someone like Aaron Paul or Joseph Gordon-Levitt for Patrick and a woman like Alexandra Daddario or Amber Heard for Angie