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Gone, Baby, Gone (Kenzie & Gennaro, #4)
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When Beatrice McReady approaches PIs Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro to help find her missing niece, Amanda, the prospects do not look good. But Patrick and Angie work with the local missing child unit, bringing in their regular cast of colorful associates to lend their able and sometimes bloody hands. There are the usual misdirections, cul-de-sacs and things that just do not make sense.
Casey Affleck as Patrick Kenzie and Michelle Monaghan as Angie Gennaro
VERY LARGE (view spoiler) Beware. Do not read this if you have not already read the book or seen the film!
A typical, well done Kenzie and Gennaro tale. Instead of child abuse, he is doing child neglect as the primary thread, but he manages to focus also on horrific child abuse by a psychotic couple, returning to his favorite crime.
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Other books by Lehane I have read/reviewed
Kenzie and Gennaro
-----A Drink Before War - #1
-----Darkness, Take My Hand - #2
-----Sacred - #3
-----Prayers for Rain - #5
-----Moonlight Mile - #6
The Coughlin Series
-----The Given Day
-----Live by Night
-----World Gone By
Read, but not Reviewed
-----Mystic River - a masterpiece
-----Shutter Island - not
Casey Affleck as Patrick Kenzie and Michelle Monaghan as Angie Gennaro
VERY LARGE (view spoiler) Beware. Do not read this if you have not already read the book or seen the film!
A typical, well done Kenzie and Gennaro tale. Instead of child abuse, he is doing child neglect as the primary thread, but he manages to focus also on horrific child abuse by a psychotic couple, returning to his favorite crime.
=============================EXTRA STUFF
Links to the author’s personal, Twitter and FB pages
Other books by Lehane I have read/reviewed
Kenzie and Gennaro
-----A Drink Before War - #1
-----Darkness, Take My Hand - #2
-----Sacred - #3
-----Prayers for Rain - #5
-----Moonlight Mile - #6
The Coughlin Series
-----The Given Day
-----Live by Night
-----World Gone By
Read, but not Reviewed
-----Mystic River - a masterpiece
-----Shutter Island - not
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Started Reading
June 1, 2005
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Finished Reading
November 1, 2008
– Shelved
November 1, 2008
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mystery-and-spy-fiction
May 24, 2013
– Shelved as:
lehane
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Jun 25, 2017 10:09AM
Thank you for the review! I thought this was very complex, and brilliant. I enjoyed and ached over the emotional involvement of Patrick and Angie with the case, and with each other. I am glad to have books #5, and #6 to close.
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Thank you, William. Pretty good stuff. The film was quite good as well.
Yes, I saw the movie the other night. Not bad. Very abbreviated to fit the 2 hours, and Angela was badly undercut in the last half. Casey Affleck was very good.If I had not already read the book, I probably would have enjoyed the movie more.
In my review, I strongly advise you skip the first 3 paragraphs of chapter 26. You don’t need this. Chapter 27 was pretty hard, too
Sometimes it is better to partake of one and not the other.
Love this book. Great review, Will!
Good review. My first Lehman book. I just finished. Wondering which Lehane book to read next. I am watching the GBG movie and am disappointed by the mild, diluted version of Angie. Still enjoyable though!
Thanks, Monica. I quite enjoyed the K&G series.
Monica wrote: "Good review. My first Lehman book. I just finished. Wondering which Lehane book to read next. I am watching the GBG movie and am disappointed by the mild, diluted version of Angie. Still enjoyable ..."Yes, Angie is such a great character. Truly the key to Lehane's first books.
And don't forget Lehane's movie "The Drop". It's a small masterpiece, a flawless gem.
Not familiar
I wish I could remember the ending as in the next book in the series, it is saying Angie broke up the partnership but I don’t remember that happening.
