Gone Baby Gone - A Novel

Dennis Lehane

Summary

“Powerful and raw, harrowing, and unsentimental.” —Washington Post Book World  “Chilling, completely credible….[An] absolutely gripping story.”—Chicago Tribune  “Mr. Lehane delivers big time.” —Wall Street Journal 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 the basis for the critically acclaimed motion picture directed by Ben Affleck and starring Casey Affleck, Ed Harris, and Morgan Freeman.

Available since: 10/13/2010.

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