While separated from Chuck for a short while in Ward C, Teddy meets a patient called George Noyce, who tells him that everything is an elaborate game designed for him, and that Chuck is not to be trusted. The novel is interspersed with graphic descriptions of World War II and Dachau, which Teddy helped to liberate.Īfter Hurricane Carol hits the island, Teddy and Chuck investigate Ward C, where Teddy believes government experiments with psychotropic drugs are being conducted. Teddy also reveals that he wants to avenge the death of his wife Dolores, who was murdered two years prior by a man called Andrew Laeddis, whom he believes is an inmate in Ashecliffe Hospital. He tells Chuck that he believes the code points to a 67th patient, when records show only 66. In Rachel's room, Teddy and Chuck discover a code that Teddy breaks.

Marshal Edward 'Teddy' Daniels and his new partner, Chuck Aule, go on a ferry boat to Shutter Island, the home of Ashecliffe Hospital for the criminally insane, to investigate the disappearance of a patient, Rachel Solando (who was incarcerated for drowning her three children).ĭespite being kept in a locked cell under constant supervision, she has escaped the hospital and the desolate island. A film adaptation was released in February 2010. Shutter Island is a novel by American writer Dennis Lehane, published by Harper Collins in April 2003.

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