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Harper (2011), Edition: Reprint, 368 pages
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Amanda McCready was four years old when she vanished from a Boston neighborhood twelve years ago. Desperate pleas for help from the child's aunt led investigators Kenzie and Gennaro to take on the case. The pair risked everything to find the young girl, only to orchestrate her return to a neglectful mother and a broken home. Now Amanda is sixteen and gone again. A stellar student, brilliant but aloof, she seemed destined to escape her upbringing. Yet Amanda's aunt is once more knocking on Patrick Kenzie's door, fearing the worst for the little girl who has blossomed into a striking, clever young woman, a woman who hasn't been seen in weeks. Haunted by their consciences, Kenzie and Gennaro revisit the case that troubled them the most. Their search leads them into a world of identity thieves, methamphetamine dealers, a mentally unstable crime boss and his equally demented wife, a priceless, thousand-year-old cross, and a happily homicidal Russian gangster. It's a world in which motives and allegiances constantly shift and mistakes are fatal. In their desperate fight to confront the past and find Amanda McCready, Kenzie and Gennaro will be forced to question if it's possible to do the wrong thing and still be right or to do the right thing and still be wrong. As they face an evil that goes beyond broken families and broken dreams, they discover that the sins of yesterday don't always stay buried and the crimes of today could end their lives.… (more)
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LibraryThing member Jim53
It's good to see Patrick and Angie again. Years after their last adventure, they're married and have a four-year-old daughter. They're still passionate about lots of things, including each other, and Patrick in particular is still figuring out his life. When the aunt of the little girl whom they
The story has a pretty large number of coincidences, but they are explained (partially) by late revelations. The story highlights, as do all the K&G novels, the moral ambiguity of many characters' choices. Not sure it's quite as well plotted as some of its predecessors, but it's a very enjoyable read. It has a rather valedictory feel to it, but knowing how these two make decisions, we still might see them again.
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found in Gone, Baby, Gone tells Patrick that the girl, now 16, has disappeared again, they must revisit an unpleasant past and look for her again.The story has a pretty large number of coincidences, but they are explained (partially) by late revelations. The story highlights, as do all the K&G novels, the moral ambiguity of many characters' choices. Not sure it's quite as well plotted as some of its predecessors, but it's a very enjoyable read. It has a rather valedictory feel to it, but knowing how these two make decisions, we still might see them again.
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LibraryThing member johnbsheridan
A sequel to "Gone Baby Gone" and a return to the Kenzie - Gennaro series for Dennis Lehane after a number of years in which his profile has increased thanks to the success of The Wire and the films of his novels including the aforementioned Gone Baby Gone as well as Shutter Island and Mystic River.
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For those familiar with the series it is a welcome return and a probable farewell all in one. In the preceding story they had found and returned 4 year old Amanda to her neglectful mother from her doting "captors" and echoes of the conflict between what should be done and what is right are present here as are flashes of humour as Patrick Kenzie tries to support his family in light of the poor economy and his travails in seeking gainful employment with a large detective agency. Never less than entertaining (particularly when Bubba a one-man army is around) it makes me want to re-read the rest of the series which were probably among the first crime novels I ever read and hooked me on the genre. Maybe knock off one star for a slightly anti-climatic denouement. Show Less
LibraryThing member nbmars
Moonlight Mile is written as a sequel to Gone, Baby, Gone, but the author does a great job of filling you in on the background of the story, so you can enjoy this book regardless of whether you read the previous one.
In Gone, Baby, Gone, four-year-old Amanda McCready was kidnapped, and private
"Rationally, I know damn well I don’t want to live in a world where people can just pluck a child out of a family they deem bad and raise a stolen child as they see fit.”
Kenzie invokes the necessity of laws to keep order in a society, and in particular the role of the Department of Children and Families (DCF): they have “due process” he says; they investigate diligently and only then take kids away. [Oddly, Lehane has Kenzie ignore the failures of DCFs to keep up with caseloads, follow-up on investigations and house visits, etc. In addition, Kenzie seems to forget the corruption he himself has uncovered in the DCF, a breach of the public trust which surely vitiates his argument.]
Kenzie repeatedly is forced by what he finds out as a private investigator to make a choice about what he exposes: on the one hand, he feels obligated to do the job for which he is being paid. He also counts on the alleged “neutrality” of the law to absolve himself of any resulting chaos from his disclosures. But often, situational ethics cry out for a different solution. This was certainly the case with Amanda, and indeed with many of the cases he takes. After years of feeling bad for the havoc he has wreaked, finally, in Moonlight Mile, Kenzie tries to atone for past sins of judgment by bending just a bit to allow others to opt for solutions that may not be so legal, but that are infinitely superior.
There is another consideration that has mellowed Kenzie: he and Gennaro are married now, with a 4-year old daughter they both love dearly, in spite of the fact that parenthood sometimes can be boring and/or drive them crazy.
Thus when Kenzie finds out that Amanda, now sixteen, is missing again, the two of them jump on the case. Little do they expect that this will mean life-threatening encounters with drug dealers, black market baby traders, and the Russian mafia. If they get out of this one, they are determined to retire from this dangerous life.
Evaluation: Some of the dialogue between Patrick and Angela seems too well-scripted, as if we were reading the screenplay for a Nick and Nora Charles movie instead of a real-life interchange between husband and wife. It’s witty, it sparkles, but is it real?
Kenzie's reasoning about doing the wrong thing for the "right" reason was very off-putting to me. He didn't hesitate to bend the law when it suited his own purposes, but refused when it was clear he was doing more harm than good by claiming the equivalent of "I was just following orders." In a better-written book, this might be an interesting character flaw, but I got the impression that Lehane didn't see the connection, and furthermore, thought he was showing moral integrity instead of moral cowardice.
The resolution struck me as rather unrealistic, although my inner jury is still out on that one. It was quite a shark jump, but seemed a big stretch, nevertheless.
Still, on a positive note, one could say it's a fast-moving story that seems a bit like an episode of the TV show “Without a Trace.” It would be an okay choice for an airport or other occasion requiring a diverting book.
In Gone, Baby, Gone, four-year-old Amanda McCready was kidnapped, and private
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investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro were hired to find her. She had been living with a mother addicted to drugs, alcohol, and dysfunctional men; those who “kidnapped” her were actually trying to save her. But Kenzie insisted Amanda be returned to her mother, no matter how neglectful she was:"Rationally, I know damn well I don’t want to live in a world where people can just pluck a child out of a family they deem bad and raise a stolen child as they see fit.”
Kenzie invokes the necessity of laws to keep order in a society, and in particular the role of the Department of Children and Families (DCF): they have “due process” he says; they investigate diligently and only then take kids away. [Oddly, Lehane has Kenzie ignore the failures of DCFs to keep up with caseloads, follow-up on investigations and house visits, etc. In addition, Kenzie seems to forget the corruption he himself has uncovered in the DCF, a breach of the public trust which surely vitiates his argument.]
Kenzie repeatedly is forced by what he finds out as a private investigator to make a choice about what he exposes: on the one hand, he feels obligated to do the job for which he is being paid. He also counts on the alleged “neutrality” of the law to absolve himself of any resulting chaos from his disclosures. But often, situational ethics cry out for a different solution. This was certainly the case with Amanda, and indeed with many of the cases he takes. After years of feeling bad for the havoc he has wreaked, finally, in Moonlight Mile, Kenzie tries to atone for past sins of judgment by bending just a bit to allow others to opt for solutions that may not be so legal, but that are infinitely superior.
There is another consideration that has mellowed Kenzie: he and Gennaro are married now, with a 4-year old daughter they both love dearly, in spite of the fact that parenthood sometimes can be boring and/or drive them crazy.
Thus when Kenzie finds out that Amanda, now sixteen, is missing again, the two of them jump on the case. Little do they expect that this will mean life-threatening encounters with drug dealers, black market baby traders, and the Russian mafia. If they get out of this one, they are determined to retire from this dangerous life.
Evaluation: Some of the dialogue between Patrick and Angela seems too well-scripted, as if we were reading the screenplay for a Nick and Nora Charles movie instead of a real-life interchange between husband and wife. It’s witty, it sparkles, but is it real?
Kenzie's reasoning about doing the wrong thing for the "right" reason was very off-putting to me. He didn't hesitate to bend the law when it suited his own purposes, but refused when it was clear he was doing more harm than good by claiming the equivalent of "I was just following orders." In a better-written book, this might be an interesting character flaw, but I got the impression that Lehane didn't see the connection, and furthermore, thought he was showing moral integrity instead of moral cowardice.
The resolution struck me as rather unrealistic, although my inner jury is still out on that one. It was quite a shark jump, but seemed a big stretch, nevertheless.
Still, on a positive note, one could say it's a fast-moving story that seems a bit like an episode of the TV show “Without a Trace.” It would be an okay choice for an airport or other occasion requiring a diverting book.
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LibraryThing member lisagibson
I was supposed to go hear Mr. Lehane speak, but wound up feeling punky that night and decided not to go. Bummer. Also I received this ARC from Harper Collins. I feel that Dennis Lehane is the master of the analogy. He has a humorous way of looking at things and his characters are always rich with
There's a fair amount of swearing in this, which I personally kinda' like. What can I say, I'm a bit of a curser myself. There were things that had me laughing out loud (yes literally) in this book. And Lehane is always good with a twist or surprise. This is no different. There were a couple of things that had me saying, "Whoa, dude." So if you'd like something different, check it out. Again, this is set to be released November 2nd.
One of my favorite lines: "There were about forty different ways I hadn't cased the place properly. I'd driven around the front so slowly a three-legged basset hound with hip dysplasia could have lapped me."
I'm giving this one four solid swaks
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development. Patrick was the quintessential hard boiled investigator but he was so much more too. He's now a family man and his priorities have changed. He's so knowlegeable about human nature and that of the criminal mind. I found myself wishing I could write characters with that deep innate knowledge, but realized how unrealistic that would be for a teen. There's a fair amount of swearing in this, which I personally kinda' like. What can I say, I'm a bit of a curser myself. There were things that had me laughing out loud (yes literally) in this book. And Lehane is always good with a twist or surprise. This is no different. There were a couple of things that had me saying, "Whoa, dude." So if you'd like something different, check it out. Again, this is set to be released November 2nd.
One of my favorite lines: "There were about forty different ways I hadn't cased the place properly. I'd driven around the front so slowly a three-legged basset hound with hip dysplasia could have lapped me."
I'm giving this one four solid swaks
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LibraryThing member suetu
How did I live this long without reading Dennis Lehane?
Not only have I not read the books, I haven't even seen the movies--except one. I saw Gone, Baby, Gone, which is good because Moonlight Mile is the sequel to that book. So, I knew this book was a sequel when I picked it up, but I didn't
The central characters in the series are private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. Angie's been out of the business for years, acting as stay-at-home mom for 4-year-old Gabby by day, and going to grad school by night. Patrick's trying to make ends meet working as a subcontractor for a high-end Boston investigative firm and hoping to get hired on permanently. Patrick and Angie have a life together. They're happy. And they don't discuss the McCready kidnapping from 12 years ago. If their marriage has a third rail, the outcome of that case is it. And all is well until Bea McCready contacts Patrick: Amanda is missing again.
Amanda is no longer a 4-year-old cutie. By all accounts, she's a remarkably self-sufficient 16-year-old young woman. Despite the privations of her upbringing, she's a brilliant and successful student. However, Amanda may be a little too smart for her own good, and may have learned some life-skills that no teenager should know. As Patrick and Angie are drawn back into a world they hoped they'd left, the twists and turns kept me flipping pages like mad. There was one revelation that was obvious to me, but two pages later there was a jaw-dropping shocker. Time and time again Lehane managed to surprise me. This was an undeniably excellent mystery.
And despite the thrilling plot, even as a new-comer to this well established series, this novel was all about character for me. Whenever I can hear characters' voices in my head (instead of my own reading voice), I know that an author has brought them completely and totally to life for me. It doesn't happen that often. But, Patrick, Angie, and the many supporting characters were beautifully drawn. Wow, my first taste of the celebrated Mr. Lehane and I am hooked!
Not only have I not read the books, I haven't even seen the movies--except one. I saw Gone, Baby, Gone, which is good because Moonlight Mile is the sequel to that book. So, I knew this book was a sequel when I picked it up, but I didn't
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actually realize it was the 6th book in a series. I don't generally like to start a series in the middle. Well, it's good I didn't know, or I might have missed out on a fabulous novel and delayed my introduction to Mr. Lehane further. If it's not already explicitly clear, I didn't find coming to this series late a problem. Exposition was used beautifully, not only to tell the back-story, but also to explicate character. That said, I'm pretty sure I spoiled several past novels for myself, but Lehane's writing is so strong and his characters so appealing, that it wouldn't stop me from reading the preceding books in the series. The central characters in the series are private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. Angie's been out of the business for years, acting as stay-at-home mom for 4-year-old Gabby by day, and going to grad school by night. Patrick's trying to make ends meet working as a subcontractor for a high-end Boston investigative firm and hoping to get hired on permanently. Patrick and Angie have a life together. They're happy. And they don't discuss the McCready kidnapping from 12 years ago. If their marriage has a third rail, the outcome of that case is it. And all is well until Bea McCready contacts Patrick: Amanda is missing again.
Amanda is no longer a 4-year-old cutie. By all accounts, she's a remarkably self-sufficient 16-year-old young woman. Despite the privations of her upbringing, she's a brilliant and successful student. However, Amanda may be a little too smart for her own good, and may have learned some life-skills that no teenager should know. As Patrick and Angie are drawn back into a world they hoped they'd left, the twists and turns kept me flipping pages like mad. There was one revelation that was obvious to me, but two pages later there was a jaw-dropping shocker. Time and time again Lehane managed to surprise me. This was an undeniably excellent mystery.
And despite the thrilling plot, even as a new-comer to this well established series, this novel was all about character for me. Whenever I can hear characters' voices in my head (instead of my own reading voice), I know that an author has brought them completely and totally to life for me. It doesn't happen that often. But, Patrick, Angie, and the many supporting characters were beautifully drawn. Wow, my first taste of the celebrated Mr. Lehane and I am hooked!
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LibraryThing member auntmarge64
I found this 6th Kenzie/Gennaro entry to be somewhat disappointing I love Lee Child's Reacher novels, so I do enjoy the occasional fast-paced, over-the-top suspense novel, especially when the hero's morals, wit, courage and intelligence lead him to a final confrontation with bad guys who deserve
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what they get . I think here I had trouble connecting to the questionable corners the main character (Kenzie) was willing to cut to justify making a buck: for instance, the willingness to betray people on the behest of rich clients who don't want to be held accountable for their illegal actions. I thought Kenzie was a better person than that, which is what makes these kinds of books so much fun, and perhaps I'm remembering the original five books wrong, but I think there's been a huge change here in his perspective. Show Less
LibraryThing member bookappeal
In "Gone, Baby Gone" Patrick Kenzie found Amanda and took her away from loving kidnappers and back to her incompetent biological mother because he felt it was the right thing to do. Twelve years later, Amanda McCready is missing again. Kenzie and now-wife Angie Gennaro, who have a daughter of their
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own, team up to find Amanda. Lehane always crafts a clever plot and Patrick and Angie are great characters but the dialogue is so trendy, this book will feel hopelessly dated in a year or two. Show Less
LibraryThing member bookworm12
No one writes a thriller quite like Lehane. From the heartbreaking story in Mystic River to the mind-bending twists in Shutter Island, his books are undeniably addictive. He gives the reader so much more than good plot points; he creates powerful characters that feel relatable and real.
This book
What I’ve always loved about Lehane’s work is his ability to capture and communicate the moral ambiguity of a case without seeming preachy. He tackles impossible issues from the perspective of his “everyman” detective Patrick Kenzie. He faces the darkest corners of society and manages to come out alive, though never completely unscathed.
In Gone, Baby, Gone Kenzie searches for a kidnapped girl named Amanda McCready. When he eventually finds her he struggles with the decision of whether of not to return her to her neglectful mother. He eventually decides that he as to take her back to her parent, but that decision has lasting consequences. At the beginning of this book Kenzie finds out that Amanda, now a teenager, has gone missing again.
I really enjoyed this one because we have the chance to see the characters we’ve grown to love in another phase of life. Patrick and Angie are married and have a daughter. They’re trying to find a stable balance in their lives while still pursuing careers that interest them.
There were a few moments when the novel lost its footing for me. This was mainly when Lehane tried to write like a teenager would speak and when he talked about technology. In both instances the novel felt forced. It wasn’t enough to ruin anything for me; it just took me out of the story for a second.
BOTTOM LINE: This one is a must for fans of the series, but it’s not a great starting point if you’re new to his work. I’d recommend starting with the first Kenzie book, or with either of the stand alone novels Mystic River or Shutter Island.
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is the latest installment of the Kenzie and Gennaro series (which includes Sacred, Prayers for Rain, A Drink Before the War, etc.). It is a direct sequel to Gone, Baby, Gone (published in 1999) and you really need to read that one first to understand what’s going on. The rest of my review will assume you’ve read Gone, Baby, Gone. What I’ve always loved about Lehane’s work is his ability to capture and communicate the moral ambiguity of a case without seeming preachy. He tackles impossible issues from the perspective of his “everyman” detective Patrick Kenzie. He faces the darkest corners of society and manages to come out alive, though never completely unscathed.
In Gone, Baby, Gone Kenzie searches for a kidnapped girl named Amanda McCready. When he eventually finds her he struggles with the decision of whether of not to return her to her neglectful mother. He eventually decides that he as to take her back to her parent, but that decision has lasting consequences. At the beginning of this book Kenzie finds out that Amanda, now a teenager, has gone missing again.
I really enjoyed this one because we have the chance to see the characters we’ve grown to love in another phase of life. Patrick and Angie are married and have a daughter. They’re trying to find a stable balance in their lives while still pursuing careers that interest them.
There were a few moments when the novel lost its footing for me. This was mainly when Lehane tried to write like a teenager would speak and when he talked about technology. In both instances the novel felt forced. It wasn’t enough to ruin anything for me; it just took me out of the story for a second.
BOTTOM LINE: This one is a must for fans of the series, but it’s not a great starting point if you’re new to his work. I’d recommend starting with the first Kenzie book, or with either of the stand alone novels Mystic River or Shutter Island.
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LibraryThing member Bookmarque
The ten-year pay off wasn't there; domesticity and children take another victim. Why do people do this? Lehane marries again, breeds and says that Patrick spoke up again so he needed to write this book. And surprise, surprise, Patrick is a breeder, too. How original. I hate to be so caustic, but I
Yes, I realize that characters and situations must change, but did it have to be in such a boring way? I mean what is this, 1950? Angie the little homemaker and Patrick the drudge (which is what he's on his way to becoming). Part of what makes detective fiction work is the fact that so much of it is outside the reality of most people's lives. Marriage and breeding are not. It isn't sexy. It isn't dramatic. It isn't interesting. At least not to me.
Lehane says this novel is about the bad economy and people making do. There's a lot about Patrick and Angie's financial situation and much is made of recovering his stolen laptop because he can't afford another. He's fed up with the PI scene, but doesn't have any other skills so he keeps plugging away. Problem is his sense of duty makes him take the McCready case when it won't pay instead of working a job for a big firm. The big firm mainly defends bad guys and so this goes against the grain too often and Patrick offends the clients by uncapping his judgmental attitude in their faces. Thus the big firm won't hire him permanently, but jerks his leash when they want him. I liked Patrick's struggle, but wish he could have found a way to reconcile both aspects of his life; his need for cash and his ethics. If there is another book, he'll no doubt have his leash jerked by someone except that this time it will be attached to his sense of duty and he'll have to come out from behind his desk. Too bad the gun's in the Charles. Oh wait, Bubba can solve that little problem.
The actual mystery was unusual if a bit far-fetched, but it's fiction so there's latitude. Amanda was brought back to life and not given some typical persona that would maybe have been easier to take. Instead we get a nearly emotionless girl bent on becoming some kind of madonna/christ figure. She wants to be a savior and a holy mother all in one. She's luckily only picked up some of the criminal activities her mom is involved in. The ones that won't make us not like her anymore than we already do; just identity theft and and wholesale fraud. And oh yeah, the ability to become a criminal mastermind, manipulating the decisions and actions of Russian mobsters twice her age. What? Well, ok. If that's the way you want it, Lehane.
The dry humor is still there and I laughed in places I should and once where I shouldn't. Lehane describes some train tracks as going through the woods, by a big swath of red maple. Problem is, it's December. Uh...I know you're a city boy, but even city boys must know about the leaves falling and how they're not on the trees anymore in December. That and that I've never seen red maples in the woods...always on someone's lawn. But, whatever. I'm disappointed in the way this concludes (if it is a conclusion) and wish he hadn't gone in such a boring, been-there-done-that direction. Some originality would have been more in keeping with a series that crackled with it for so long. But then again, once a person has kids, they rarely think outside that sphere and only go on and on about their brats as if everyone was dying to know every detail. Oh well. Human creativity only goes so far.
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really hate kids and this is just another example of how they fuck up my life. One of my favorite series gone down the tubes. I don't like the kinder, gentler Angie and Patrick. I don't like the diaper bags and the bedtime stories. I don't like the hesitation and second guessing. I don't like the homey little domestic scenes. Bah.Yes, I realize that characters and situations must change, but did it have to be in such a boring way? I mean what is this, 1950? Angie the little homemaker and Patrick the drudge (which is what he's on his way to becoming). Part of what makes detective fiction work is the fact that so much of it is outside the reality of most people's lives. Marriage and breeding are not. It isn't sexy. It isn't dramatic. It isn't interesting. At least not to me.
Lehane says this novel is about the bad economy and people making do. There's a lot about Patrick and Angie's financial situation and much is made of recovering his stolen laptop because he can't afford another. He's fed up with the PI scene, but doesn't have any other skills so he keeps plugging away. Problem is his sense of duty makes him take the McCready case when it won't pay instead of working a job for a big firm. The big firm mainly defends bad guys and so this goes against the grain too often and Patrick offends the clients by uncapping his judgmental attitude in their faces. Thus the big firm won't hire him permanently, but jerks his leash when they want him. I liked Patrick's struggle, but wish he could have found a way to reconcile both aspects of his life; his need for cash and his ethics. If there is another book, he'll no doubt have his leash jerked by someone except that this time it will be attached to his sense of duty and he'll have to come out from behind his desk. Too bad the gun's in the Charles. Oh wait, Bubba can solve that little problem.
The actual mystery was unusual if a bit far-fetched, but it's fiction so there's latitude. Amanda was brought back to life and not given some typical persona that would maybe have been easier to take. Instead we get a nearly emotionless girl bent on becoming some kind of madonna/christ figure. She wants to be a savior and a holy mother all in one. She's luckily only picked up some of the criminal activities her mom is involved in. The ones that won't make us not like her anymore than we already do; just identity theft and and wholesale fraud. And oh yeah, the ability to become a criminal mastermind, manipulating the decisions and actions of Russian mobsters twice her age. What? Well, ok. If that's the way you want it, Lehane.
The dry humor is still there and I laughed in places I should and once where I shouldn't. Lehane describes some train tracks as going through the woods, by a big swath of red maple. Problem is, it's December. Uh...I know you're a city boy, but even city boys must know about the leaves falling and how they're not on the trees anymore in December. That and that I've never seen red maples in the woods...always on someone's lawn. But, whatever. I'm disappointed in the way this concludes (if it is a conclusion) and wish he hadn't gone in such a boring, been-there-done-that direction. Some originality would have been more in keeping with a series that crackled with it for so long. But then again, once a person has kids, they rarely think outside that sphere and only go on and on about their brats as if everyone was dying to know every detail. Oh well. Human creativity only goes so far.
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LibraryThing member ellenr
Angie and Patrick, again looking for missing Amanda plus her friend. Get involved with Russian mob. Being parents, feeling the recession, re-visiting ethical choices made in the past and struggling with new one.
LibraryThing member mwtemple
I'm a big Dennis Lehane fan, and I've been anxiously awaiting Moonlight Mile for months now. I downloaded it the instant it was available and read it over a few days. It was wonderful to get another Patrick and Angie story, but this isn't one of their finest. It's been quite awhile since Lehane
Speaking of the story -- good, not great, and far from the best of the Kenzie-Gennaro stories. It was nice to see more of Amanda McCready from Gone Baby Gone, but her character never really made sense to me. None of the other characters are likeable, at all, except for good old Bubba, who still steals every scene he's in.
In the end, I'd recommend this to those who have already read the earlier Kenzie-Gennaro books and are just interested in their characters; readers who are new to Lehane would be much better off starting with an earlier book in the series.
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visited these characters, but this just felt a little forced to me. The technology references in particular were pretty over-the-top; I felt like on every page Patrick was mentioning some type of new technology he uses/loves/hates/doesn't get. It felt like an attempt to connect with modern readers, or something, but came off as intrusive to the story.Speaking of the story -- good, not great, and far from the best of the Kenzie-Gennaro stories. It was nice to see more of Amanda McCready from Gone Baby Gone, but her character never really made sense to me. None of the other characters are likeable, at all, except for good old Bubba, who still steals every scene he's in.
In the end, I'd recommend this to those who have already read the earlier Kenzie-Gennaro books and are just interested in their characters; readers who are new to Lehane would be much better off starting with an earlier book in the series.
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LibraryThing member mikedraper
In one of their first cases, Partick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro found missing four-year-old Amanda McCready. They returned the child to her mother but wished that they could have brought Amanda back to a more suitable home. Her mother was of dubious character and was neglectful. Now, Amanda is
The setting remains the streets of Boston with the homeless, the abandoned, shuttered homes and for many, lost hope.
The economy in 2009 is hurting and unemployment is high. Angie is in night school and Patrick's income is barely sufficient.
Amanda's aunt, Beatrice McCready, discloses that Amanda's mother continues to neglect her daughter. Amanda's mother is now living with a man of bad reputation. Beatrice thinks that Amanda is missing and Amanda's mother is hiding the fact.
At first, Patrick didn't want to get involved. However, he and Angela have a child of their own now, the child is age four. After a discussion, Angela and Patrick decide to take the case.
They find that Amanda is an honor student at high school. A scholarship to Harvard awaits her if she finishes her course. They also learn that Amanda's friend, Sophie, disappeared with her.
The story follows the path of the two girls and identity theft and a black market baby selling operation. Amanda is on the run and has two items that the derranged head of an eastern European gangster wants. The gangster is a meth user and not totally balanced.
Dennis Lehane is a new father and at a recent mystery conference stated that he wanted this novel to make a statement about parenting and the economy of 2009.
He accomplished his goals with an excellent addition to the Kenzie and Gennaro legend.
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sixteen-years-old and is missing again.The setting remains the streets of Boston with the homeless, the abandoned, shuttered homes and for many, lost hope.
The economy in 2009 is hurting and unemployment is high. Angie is in night school and Patrick's income is barely sufficient.
Amanda's aunt, Beatrice McCready, discloses that Amanda's mother continues to neglect her daughter. Amanda's mother is now living with a man of bad reputation. Beatrice thinks that Amanda is missing and Amanda's mother is hiding the fact.
At first, Patrick didn't want to get involved. However, he and Angela have a child of their own now, the child is age four. After a discussion, Angela and Patrick decide to take the case.
They find that Amanda is an honor student at high school. A scholarship to Harvard awaits her if she finishes her course. They also learn that Amanda's friend, Sophie, disappeared with her.
The story follows the path of the two girls and identity theft and a black market baby selling operation. Amanda is on the run and has two items that the derranged head of an eastern European gangster wants. The gangster is a meth user and not totally balanced.
Dennis Lehane is a new father and at a recent mystery conference stated that he wanted this novel to make a statement about parenting and the economy of 2009.
He accomplished his goals with an excellent addition to the Kenzie and Gennaro legend.
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LibraryThing member Darcia
This book is the sequel to Gone, Baby, Gone. While it's not necessary to read that one first, I would suggest it simply because it's too good to miss.
Lehane writes with a touch of humor, with dialogue that will make you smile even in the midst of a crisis. The plot taps into some very real moral
Lehane writes with a touch of humor, with dialogue that will make you smile even in the midst of a crisis. The plot taps into some very real moral
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and social issues, giving readers something to think about long after the last page has been turned. Dennis Lehane is a brilliant writer and the only complaint I have is that the book had to end. Show Less
LibraryThing member BillPilgrim
I found this book to be a pleasant read. The plot is well constructed and satisfying in the end. What bothered me a bit about it was the tone, especially the attempt at hard boiled dialogue and the witty banter between the two protagonists, husband and wife Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro, who
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have appeared in prior books by Lehane. The speaking style seemed forced and turned me off. But, I eventually got used to it and I was able to enjoy the story line. Show Less
LibraryThing member Copperskye
This was my first Dennis Lehane book and it was very different than what I was expecting. I expected it to be a lot darker and more hard-hitting but instead it was wise-cracking with lots of witty banter. It was actually a lot of fun.
What I also didn’t realize going in was that this is the sixth
Some aspects of the plot were a little farfetched, but as a whole, I thought it was very entertaining. Patrick and Angela are likeable characters and I probably would have liked the book even more if I had known their entire backstory. As it was, I knew enough to not feel lost at all and wouldn’t mind finishing up the series to fill in the holes.
Moonlight Mile will be in stores on 11/2. My copy was kindly provided by HarperCollins.
What I also didn’t realize going in was that this is the sixth
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book in the Kenzie and Gennaro series. My only previous exposure to the characters was from the movie Gone, Baby, Gone, which was based on the fourth book in the series. As it happens, Moonlight Mile has its origins with that same book. Now, twelve years later, the missing four year old from Gone, Baby, Gone is now a missing 16 year old. Her Aunt Beatrice asks Patrick Kenzie to once again find her and bring her home.Some aspects of the plot were a little farfetched, but as a whole, I thought it was very entertaining. Patrick and Angela are likeable characters and I probably would have liked the book even more if I had known their entire backstory. As it was, I knew enough to not feel lost at all and wouldn’t mind finishing up the series to fill in the holes.
Moonlight Mile will be in stores on 11/2. My copy was kindly provided by HarperCollins.
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LibraryThing member SamSattler
I discovered Dennis Lehane, Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro sometime in 1995, shortly after A Drink before the War was released in paperback. I had been a fan of Robert B. Parker’s Spenser series for a while and the prospect of reading about another Boston detective was too tempting to resist.
As it turned out, Lehane would write five Kenzie-Gennaro books in about six years before suddenly (in this fan’s eyes) abandoning the series in 1999. I remember thinking what a big mistake Lehane was making – which shows what I know, because Lehane then produced his two most successful books in relative short order: Mystic River in 2001 and Shutter Island in 2003. Both books went on to become big time movies. That 2008’s The Given Day did not have nearly the same impact, might have had a little to do with Lehane’s decision to return to the Kenzie-Gennaro series but, whatever the reason, longtime fans of the series are just happy to have a new entry after an eleven-year drought.
Lehane has allowed Patrick and Angie to age in real time, and Moonlight Mile sees them forced to deal with some of the same characters involved in the traumatic case that almost permanently ended their relationship a decade earlier. Back then, four-year-old Amanda McCready had gone missing and Patrick was hired to find her. Patrick’s decision to return Amanda to her dangerously neglectful mother rather than to leave her with the couple that had her illegally, but so plainly loved her, was one that Angie could not understand – or easily get over.
Amanda, now 16, is missing again and her aunt has asked Patrick’s help in finding her for a second time. Patrick and Angie, now married and with a four-year-old daughter of their own, soon find themselves reliving some of the same emotional trauma they suffered through the first time they searched for Amanda. It was not easy to tell the good guys from the bad guys when Amanda went missing the first time, and Patrick and Angie will soon find that it will be no easier this second time around.
The good news is that Amanda McCready has grown into an exceptionally bright young lady who will be able to get a free ride from just about any Ivy League college she chooses. The bad news is that she has somehow become so involved with Russian mobsters that she has gone into hiding. Soon, what Patrick and Angie learn about Amanda’s predicament will have them struggling with the same kind of right vs. wrong decisions that split them up twelve years earlier.
Moonlight Mile is quite an adventure (and a fun reunion with two old friends) but it does not have quite the seriousness or grit of earlier books in the series. Amanda’s character, particularly toward the end of the book when she starts calling the shots, does not ring quite true. Despite the upbringing she suffered, it is hard to believe that a 16-year-old would be so world-wise or speak to Patrick in the authoritative, but sarcastic, tone she uses on him. Too, the Russian mobsters in the storyline are the usual invincible lot for which U.S. law enforcement officers seem never to have an answer. They are interesting, but they serve to remind the reader how their “type” has become little more than a fictional cliché.
I particularly enjoyed the way Lehane flavored the novel with occasional flashes of observational, sarcastic humor, such as this exchange between Patrick and a newspaper buddy of his:
“…it’s directly connected to Amanda McCready. She went missing again.” (Patrick)
“…And her aunt says no one cares. Not the cops, not you guys.” (Patrick)
“Hard to believe. Twenty-four hour news cycle and all? These days we can make a story out of anything.” (Reporter)
“Explains Paris Hilton.” (Patrick)
“Nothing explains that.” (Reporter)
Or this bit from Patrick after his interview with several 16-year-old girls at Amanda’s school:
"After my daughter was born, I’d considered buying a shotgun to ward off potential suitors fourteen or so years up the road. Now, as I listened to these girls babble and imagined Gabby one day talking with the same banality and ignorance of the English language, I thought of buying the same shotgun to blow my own …head off.”
Moonlight Mile did not turn out to be my favorite Kenzie-Gennaro novel, but I am thankful that Dennis Lehane wrote it – and, more importantly, I am hoping for others to follow. Patrick and Angie are still fun to be around, so let’s do it again. (And let’s hope for more “Bubba” next time around.)
Rated at: 4.0
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When I picked up that first Kenzie-Gennaro novel, I had no idea who Dennis Lehane was or that he was planning to write a series based on the pair.As it turned out, Lehane would write five Kenzie-Gennaro books in about six years before suddenly (in this fan’s eyes) abandoning the series in 1999. I remember thinking what a big mistake Lehane was making – which shows what I know, because Lehane then produced his two most successful books in relative short order: Mystic River in 2001 and Shutter Island in 2003. Both books went on to become big time movies. That 2008’s The Given Day did not have nearly the same impact, might have had a little to do with Lehane’s decision to return to the Kenzie-Gennaro series but, whatever the reason, longtime fans of the series are just happy to have a new entry after an eleven-year drought.
Lehane has allowed Patrick and Angie to age in real time, and Moonlight Mile sees them forced to deal with some of the same characters involved in the traumatic case that almost permanently ended their relationship a decade earlier. Back then, four-year-old Amanda McCready had gone missing and Patrick was hired to find her. Patrick’s decision to return Amanda to her dangerously neglectful mother rather than to leave her with the couple that had her illegally, but so plainly loved her, was one that Angie could not understand – or easily get over.
Amanda, now 16, is missing again and her aunt has asked Patrick’s help in finding her for a second time. Patrick and Angie, now married and with a four-year-old daughter of their own, soon find themselves reliving some of the same emotional trauma they suffered through the first time they searched for Amanda. It was not easy to tell the good guys from the bad guys when Amanda went missing the first time, and Patrick and Angie will soon find that it will be no easier this second time around.
The good news is that Amanda McCready has grown into an exceptionally bright young lady who will be able to get a free ride from just about any Ivy League college she chooses. The bad news is that she has somehow become so involved with Russian mobsters that she has gone into hiding. Soon, what Patrick and Angie learn about Amanda’s predicament will have them struggling with the same kind of right vs. wrong decisions that split them up twelve years earlier.
Moonlight Mile is quite an adventure (and a fun reunion with two old friends) but it does not have quite the seriousness or grit of earlier books in the series. Amanda’s character, particularly toward the end of the book when she starts calling the shots, does not ring quite true. Despite the upbringing she suffered, it is hard to believe that a 16-year-old would be so world-wise or speak to Patrick in the authoritative, but sarcastic, tone she uses on him. Too, the Russian mobsters in the storyline are the usual invincible lot for which U.S. law enforcement officers seem never to have an answer. They are interesting, but they serve to remind the reader how their “type” has become little more than a fictional cliché.
I particularly enjoyed the way Lehane flavored the novel with occasional flashes of observational, sarcastic humor, such as this exchange between Patrick and a newspaper buddy of his:
“…it’s directly connected to Amanda McCready. She went missing again.” (Patrick)
“…And her aunt says no one cares. Not the cops, not you guys.” (Patrick)
“Hard to believe. Twenty-four hour news cycle and all? These days we can make a story out of anything.” (Reporter)
“Explains Paris Hilton.” (Patrick)
“Nothing explains that.” (Reporter)
Or this bit from Patrick after his interview with several 16-year-old girls at Amanda’s school:
"After my daughter was born, I’d considered buying a shotgun to ward off potential suitors fourteen or so years up the road. Now, as I listened to these girls babble and imagined Gabby one day talking with the same banality and ignorance of the English language, I thought of buying the same shotgun to blow my own …head off.”
Moonlight Mile did not turn out to be my favorite Kenzie-Gennaro novel, but I am thankful that Dennis Lehane wrote it – and, more importantly, I am hoping for others to follow. Patrick and Angie are still fun to be around, so let’s do it again. (And let’s hope for more “Bubba” next time around.)
Rated at: 4.0
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LibraryThing member TheLostEntwife
I've heard quite a bit of buzz about Shutter Island (both the book and the movie) so it's been on my list for quite some time to check out Dennis Lehane. When I saw this ARC arrive in the mail I jumped at it and put it on the "short-list" for books to read.
Now, Moonlight Mile is, as I found out a
This is one of those books that you pick up, open, and read in one setting. It's classic detective stuff, some obscenities, some hard decisions made, but solid writing and something that is able to keep interest without being overly gruesome like some popular writers are turning toward (Yes, Patterson, I'm looking at you. Swimsuit was disgusting.)
So if you are looking for a nice, solid detective read that leans more toward the gritty then the more comedic (like Harlan Coben's Myron Bolitar series), then this would be an easy recommendation from me.
Now, Moonlight Mile is, as I found out a
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few pages in, the 6th book in a series featuring Kenzie and Gennaro, and I don't usually like jumping into the middle of a series like that - but in this case it worked for me. There was enough background information provided that I didn't feel overwhelmed, the chemistry between the characters was solid and packed with a good feeling of history, and the story strong enough to pull me in despite being a case that was brand new to me (unlike to the characters).This is one of those books that you pick up, open, and read in one setting. It's classic detective stuff, some obscenities, some hard decisions made, but solid writing and something that is able to keep interest without being overly gruesome like some popular writers are turning toward (Yes, Patterson, I'm looking at you. Swimsuit was disgusting.)
So if you are looking for a nice, solid detective read that leans more toward the gritty then the more comedic (like Harlan Coben's Myron Bolitar series), then this would be an easy recommendation from me.
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LibraryThing member NovelChatter
Twelve years ago, Boston PI Patrick Kenzie returned kidnapped four-year-old Amanda McCready to her abusive, addicted mother. When the now sixteen-year-old Amanda goes missing again, Patrick and his partner (now wife) Angie Gennaro are plunged back into this impossible case
This case haunts them
These days the Kenzie-Gennaro household is struggling to get by. Patrick keeps the welfare of their young daughter Gabby in mind when he holds his nose and begins working for a large investigative corporation on a trial basis. However, he gets sidetracked from the corporate monsters when he is drawn back into the McCready case. Kenzie then finds himself forced to fight a pack of abhorrently brutal Russian mobsters that are somehow pulling the strings of those involved in Amanda’s recent disappearance.
I am a huge admirer of Dennis Lehane’s books. I love his well drawn characters, his superbly crafted plot twists and his ever present mind games. This book delivers what we’ve come to expect from Lehane. Moonlight Mile is the “wrap up” book for these characters and Lehane provides enough backstory for new readers as well as those of us who were a little foggy around the edges about where we last left these people.
I highly recommend Moonlight Mile and am sad that it appears that the McCready case is wrapped up. But then, I can always hope there’s another story coming along sometime in the future. I just can’t believe that we’ve seen the last of Patrick and Angie…and of course their trusty associate Bubba.
If I gave stars? 4 1/2 out of 5.
This case haunts them
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still because doing the "legal thing" isn't always the right thing to do. Amanda had been kidnapped twelve years ago by her concerned and loving Uncle Lionel and a few well meaning cops in order to give her a loving and nurturing home. Kenzie has battled his demons about this case before, in Dennis Lehane’s brilliant Gone, Baby, Gone and Prayers for Rain. Patrick just wants his family to be safe and happy, so he's a haunted man until he can find Amanda again.These days the Kenzie-Gennaro household is struggling to get by. Patrick keeps the welfare of their young daughter Gabby in mind when he holds his nose and begins working for a large investigative corporation on a trial basis. However, he gets sidetracked from the corporate monsters when he is drawn back into the McCready case. Kenzie then finds himself forced to fight a pack of abhorrently brutal Russian mobsters that are somehow pulling the strings of those involved in Amanda’s recent disappearance.
I am a huge admirer of Dennis Lehane’s books. I love his well drawn characters, his superbly crafted plot twists and his ever present mind games. This book delivers what we’ve come to expect from Lehane. Moonlight Mile is the “wrap up” book for these characters and Lehane provides enough backstory for new readers as well as those of us who were a little foggy around the edges about where we last left these people.
I highly recommend Moonlight Mile and am sad that it appears that the McCready case is wrapped up. But then, I can always hope there’s another story coming along sometime in the future. I just can’t believe that we’ve seen the last of Patrick and Angie…and of course their trusty associate Bubba.
If I gave stars? 4 1/2 out of 5.
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LibraryThing member susanamper
Angie and Patrick are parents and now must play it safe. Playing it safe is boring, and ultimately so too is this novel. The Russian mob? Really? That's the best Lehane could do?
LibraryThing member macygma
Twelve years later. Twelve years after the kidnapping and return of Amanda McCready, while Patrick Kenzie and his wife, Angela, broke but making it with their four yr-old daughter are at the end of their financial rope, Amanda disappears again. Patrick has yet to make partner in his current
Amanda appears to be a girl of many faces. Off the charts intellectually she can be one with any group but they know nothing about her. Nothing. Her mother and mom's current guy are running an identity theft scam all over the country and Amanda was their protege. She learned fast, too fast. Her friend from school, Sophie, disappears at the same time and Patrick and Angie's problem is how to connect the dots between Sophie, Amanda and a dead boy named Zippo. (Last name is Lighter, what else would you call him?) One school acquaintance tells Patrick: "Five go into a room, two die and four come back out." When the dots do come together they fall right in the middle of the Russian mob, Amanda, Sophie and things you will never guess in a zillion years.
This book, sequel to Gone, Baby, Gone, is a read alone as well. You don't need to know what happed prior, Lehane tells you along with updates on the entire cast of characters. I have to admit this was my first Dennis Lehane book and, if the rest as as good as this one my paycheck is history! Wonderful writing, a plot I would never have guessed at and the ending, well, let's say you'd have to read it to believe it.
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investigator-for-hire job (a little too rude to the creatin client) and Angie is lawyering as hard as she can. The phone rings in the middle of the night and Amanda's aunt, Bea McCready, tells him he owes. He does. When Amanda was found twelve years ago, he was part of the "good guys" who took her from her loving psuedo-parents and returned her to her basically to stupid to live mother.Amanda appears to be a girl of many faces. Off the charts intellectually she can be one with any group but they know nothing about her. Nothing. Her mother and mom's current guy are running an identity theft scam all over the country and Amanda was their protege. She learned fast, too fast. Her friend from school, Sophie, disappears at the same time and Patrick and Angie's problem is how to connect the dots between Sophie, Amanda and a dead boy named Zippo. (Last name is Lighter, what else would you call him?) One school acquaintance tells Patrick: "Five go into a room, two die and four come back out." When the dots do come together they fall right in the middle of the Russian mob, Amanda, Sophie and things you will never guess in a zillion years.
This book, sequel to Gone, Baby, Gone, is a read alone as well. You don't need to know what happed prior, Lehane tells you along with updates on the entire cast of characters. I have to admit this was my first Dennis Lehane book and, if the rest as as good as this one my paycheck is history! Wonderful writing, a plot I would never have guessed at and the ending, well, let's say you'd have to read it to believe it.
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LibraryThing member Ronrose1
This book hits you like an elbow to the nose. You'll remember the shock and power of it for days to come. If you like a fast paced, hard hitting action story, with a definite touch of reality and soft touch of humanity, then you will really enjoy this latest suspense story by Dennis Lehane. This is
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a follow up to Lehane's, "Gone, Baby, Gone", a story of the kidnapping and recovery of a four year old girl. The story left off with the question of whether it was better to leave the child with the kindhearted kidnappers or return her to a dysfunctional mother. Twelve years later, the girl is missing again and P.I.'s Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro who found her before, are asked to find her again. The now married investigators are torn over the question of whether they did the right thing the fist time and whether they will be able to tell what is right this time. Show Less
LibraryThing member cmeilink
What do you get when you throw in the Russian mob, a private investigator looking for steady employment, a teenager that goes missing for the second time, a crackhead mother, a worried aunt, a baby, and a thousand-year-old cross?... A great story!
Dennis Lehane strikes again with a book filled with
Loved it!
Dennis Lehane strikes again with a book filled with
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terrific characters, wonderful dialogue and a well-constructed story that keeps you turning the pages.Loved it!
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LibraryThing member ct.bergeron
An interesting follow up of the gone baby gone story. It was interesting to see where the character are 12 years after the return of Amanda McCready. As Patrick and Angie, now new parents, start looking for Amanda who as disappeared again. They slowly start to realize that everything is not what
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LibraryThing member enemyanniemae
There is nothing about this book I don't like. From the very first few pages, I was hooked. This book is my introduction to Dennis Lehane. I know nothing about the past of Patrick Kenzie and his wife, Angie. Sometimes that can make for a very uncomfortable read. Not here. The back story necessary
Private investigator Patrick Kenzie worries about how his family will meet their financial obligations when he does not get a permanent position with the company that hires him to find ways to save their clients money. He needs steady work. His wife is working on a master's degree in sociology and is nearly finished. He rebuffs her offer to put her studies on the back burner and help out. He considers his options. He worries a bit more.
He gets a call at 3am from someone in his past. "Find her again. You owe me." He wonders if he dreamed it the next morning. And then he runs into her on his way to the subway. Beatrice McCready. Twelve years earlier, Patrick had found her 4-year-old niece who, it turned out, had been kidnapped by Lionel McCready, Beatrice's husband. With the help of some rogue cops, he had removed Amanda from an abusive and neglectful mother and given her to a couple who loved her and gave her the stability that all children need. He returned her to that mother and those involved in her kidnapping went to prison. He knows he did the right thing, but he also knows that the right thing is not necessarily the best thing.
Fast forward to the present. Amanda has disappeared again. But this time, Mama says she's at home and no one wants to do any checking. Beatrice knows that something has happened because Amanda simply stopped calling and that's not like her. So she asks Patrick to find her again. He knows he should walk away but he can't. And he begins his search.
The book is action packed but maintains its humanity. Everyone plays the cards that life has dealt. There are no supermen or women in this book. The characters are totally believable, even those who are completely off the wall. The dialogue is smart and witty. There are multiple surprises and some interesting twists along the way. It was a very satisfying read.
I look forward to going back in time and meeting Patrick and Angie 'way back then.' I have no doubt that they will have lost their urbane charm and charisma. Mr. Lehane has a new fan!
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to follow the action is woven into the current situation with such an easy and efficient manner that I had no difficulties keeping up with the past. Private investigator Patrick Kenzie worries about how his family will meet their financial obligations when he does not get a permanent position with the company that hires him to find ways to save their clients money. He needs steady work. His wife is working on a master's degree in sociology and is nearly finished. He rebuffs her offer to put her studies on the back burner and help out. He considers his options. He worries a bit more.
He gets a call at 3am from someone in his past. "Find her again. You owe me." He wonders if he dreamed it the next morning. And then he runs into her on his way to the subway. Beatrice McCready. Twelve years earlier, Patrick had found her 4-year-old niece who, it turned out, had been kidnapped by Lionel McCready, Beatrice's husband. With the help of some rogue cops, he had removed Amanda from an abusive and neglectful mother and given her to a couple who loved her and gave her the stability that all children need. He returned her to that mother and those involved in her kidnapping went to prison. He knows he did the right thing, but he also knows that the right thing is not necessarily the best thing.
Fast forward to the present. Amanda has disappeared again. But this time, Mama says she's at home and no one wants to do any checking. Beatrice knows that something has happened because Amanda simply stopped calling and that's not like her. So she asks Patrick to find her again. He knows he should walk away but he can't. And he begins his search.
The book is action packed but maintains its humanity. Everyone plays the cards that life has dealt. There are no supermen or women in this book. The characters are totally believable, even those who are completely off the wall. The dialogue is smart and witty. There are multiple surprises and some interesting twists along the way. It was a very satisfying read.
I look forward to going back in time and meeting Patrick and Angie 'way back then.' I have no doubt that they will have lost their urbane charm and charisma. Mr. Lehane has a new fan!
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LibraryThing member Tmtrvlr
When I received Moonlight Mile, I didn’t realize that this was part of a series, and now having read it, I would not call it a stand alone book. Immediately I knew that there was a back story with little explanation to bring it to the present. Perhaps if I had read the previous books in this
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series I would have “known” the characters better, but I just found Patrick and Angie odd and vulgar. The characters talked about their poor financial condition so often that it became annoying. The author decided to try to make a political statement - it didn't work. Show Less
Awards
Dilys Award (Nominee — 2011)
Spinetingler Award (Nominee — 2011)
Massachusetts Book Award (Must-Read (Longlist) — Fiction — 2011)
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2010
Physical description
368 p.; 4.19 inches
ISBN
0061836958 / 9780061836954