In Gone, Baby, Gone, the master of the new noir, New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane (Mystic River, Shutter Island), vividly captures the complex beauty and darkness of working-class Boston. A gripping, deeply evocative thriller about the devastating secrets surrounding a little girl lost, featuring the popular detective team of Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro, Gone, Baby, Gone was … was the basis for the critically acclaimed motion picture directed by Ben Affleck and starring Casey Affleck, Ed Harris, and Morgan Freeman.
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Another great novel from a master of the genre.
After getting into this book, I kept thinking I’d gotten it figured out and it would soon end. I was so wrong! There was a constant reshuffling of what I thought I knew, leading me in new directions all the time, bringing me closer to the actual plot. I never saw what was coming next until I was there. Great writing, great characters, great …
Full disclosure: I have a real love/hate relationship with the fourth installment in the Kenzie and Gennaro series. It’s an excellent story, just like the others, but the things that happen in it make me angry because this story is that intense.
The movie has always bothered me too. It’s a cop out to make a movie based on the fourth book in a …
Love this whole series!
my favorite bookof all times
This nuanced story shocked me with twists and turns as each character strives to do the right thing and their goals conflict. Amazing. This story stays with readers long after the last page. Gone, Baby, Gone exemplifies the road to hell being paved with good intentions.
Anything be Dennis Lebanese is great! This book was no exception, even though it’s been a few years since I read it. It’s a great novel by a great writer.
Anything Dennis Lehane writes is a page turner.