“[Lehane has] emerged from the whodunit ghetto as a broader and more substantial talent….When it comes to keeping readers exactly where he wants them, Mr. Lehane offers a bravura demonstration of how it’s done.”—New York TimesMoonlight Mile is the first Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro suspense novel in more than a decade from the acclaimed, New York Times bestselling master of the new noir, … Times bestselling master of the new noir, Dennis Lehane. An explosive tale of vengeance and redemption—the brilliant sequel to Gone, Baby, Gone—Moonlight Mile returns Lehane’s unforgettable and deeply human detective duo to the mean streets of blue collar Boston to investigate the second disappearance of Amanda McCready, now sixteen years old. After his remarkable success with Mystic River, Shutter Island, and The Given Day, the celebrated author whom the Washington Post praises as, “one of those brave new detective stylists who is not afraid of fooling around with the genre’s traditions,” returns to his roots—and the result, as always, is electrifying.
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Dennis Lehane doesn’t write a bad book–ever. So it is no surprise that “Moonlight Mile” is such a riveting book. What did surprise me was discovering this book is a sequel to “Gone Baby Gone” which I haven’t read. I had no problem following the plot and never felt I was “missing something.” I did however, send me to Netflix to watch the movie …
SPOILER ALERT – If you haven’t read the previous books in the Kenzie-Gennaro series yet, you may want to skip this review and the prior, Prayers For Rain, as both contain spoilers.
Lehane made us wait eleven years for this story but it was completely worth it, I swear. Although action-packed and compelling, it’s not the nail-biter we’re become …
I love LeHane books. Always thrilling
Read ANY of Dennis Lehane’s books. Well worth the time!