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Summary: Haunting!
Review: This is a very well rounded novel. Dennis Lehane has gained alot of steam with each new book and I think this is my favorite of the Kenzie/Gennaro series. I wasn't quite as in love with it as Mystic River, mostly because of the extreme violence and gore it contains but the writing is very solid. The characters are very well fleshed out and real and I liked the bad guys as much as the good guys...and often it was hard to tell which was which! The key here is the moral dilemma this story unfolds and it's brilliant! The ending was perfect and while emotionally I'm in the same camp with Angie I totally understand Patrick's decision. Maybe the most terrifying thing about this book is the recognition of the horror of child abuse and neglect in our culture. It's not too difficult to imagine taking the law into your own hands after witnessing the moral deprivation described in this book regarding children...and thus the dilemma! It's really a great, thoughtful and disturbing read!
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Summary: Amazingly Well Written
Review: Well I have found a new favorite author. I picked up Dennis Lehane's newest book "Prayers For Rain" at the bookstore, and up until that day I had never heard of him before, well thats changed and i finished the last of all his books last night. Gone, Baby, Gone. Follows Patrick Kenzie and Angela Genarro around the Boston area (as usual with all Lehane books) This time in search of a young girl named Amanda McCready who has seemingly disappeared into thin air. With more plot twist's and changes of direction thand a snake this book will have you turned around backwards in no time. This book was well written with beleivable heros who grew up with little money, and even less of secure families, everything a good mystery should be but it is not for those with weak stomachs, with Kenzie and Genaro in the heart of the missing childs department of the Boston p.d., there are more stories of child creulty and neglect than you may want to hear. I suggest that everyone read Lehanes second book "Darkness, Take My Hand" before anyother books, i made the mistake of reading it last, and I already knew the outcome from all of the other Lehane books.
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Summary: Wonderful comeback!
Review: What a comeback! I was left perturbed having last read "Sacred" which bore very little similiarity with "Mystic River" (with its fluid prose and engaging characters). This effort definitely marks Lehane's return to form. "Gone, Baby, Gone" is a rivetting tale surrounding a missing child case that Patrick and Angie take up on the insistence of a grieving aunt. They are joined by a pair of passionate detectives from a unit specializing in crime against children, Sgt. Poole and Det. Brassourde. Together, they uncover a series of unexpected events and relevations that allowed me to finish the book in a single sitting. Apart from its fast pace, we are treated to glimpses of humanity with all her conflicts -- violence, degradation, passion, hope, sympathy, love. Some pages will leave you cringing, others may just melt your heart. Overall, a rewarding and quick read. Highly recommended!
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Summary: Dark and Believable, Frightening
Review: When they are asked to take the case of a missing four-year-old girl, private detectives Patrick Kenzie and Angelo Gennaro are reluctant to take it, but because it's a child they pass on their better judgment and dive into the investigation.Before long they discover that everyone seems to have a secret and no one's talking, still they learn that it's a case all about money, what else, and they arrange a trade, however even though the rendezvous is well guarded, someone starts shooting and by the time it's all over Kenzie and Gennaro are luck to be alive. As always with a novel by Dennis Lehane, it's hard to figure out just who to root for. This chapter's good guy seems like that chapter's bad guy. Mr. Lehane takes us for a walk down to the dark side of human nature, painting people as real as the guy down at the local drug store, your mother-in-law, your husband. He takes off a character's wrapping, tells it like it is, makes you believe. Review submitted by Captain Katie Osborne
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