Gone, Baby, Gone

A Novel

By: Dennis Lehane

Narrated by: Jonathan Davis

“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.

A Literary Thriller

Any additional comments?

I really liked this book and could not stop listening. Lehane writes genre fiction like fine literature (as does James Lee Burke, although their styles are completely different).Lehane's plots get complex and take some concentration in the last third, but they are always excellent. Great narrator as well.

Great, but a tough story.

This was a fantastic story. Very difficult, especially the ending, really leaves you thinking what the "right choice is."

Wow blown away

Oh boy this is the kinda story that keeps you up at night questioning what you would have done. Amazing characters and plot twists. A must read

The book itself is amazing

This book is so much better than the movie is. I highly recommend giving it a listen.

The best Gennaro novel

Would you listen to Gone, Baby, Gone again? Why?

Yes - I think there are some clues in the narrative that I could have picked up on second listen

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

Yes - many twists and turns

What does Jonathan Davis bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Great job of characterization of the different personalities

Any additional comments?

I do not like the Gennaro novels. I like Lehane very much - but find the Gennaro novels silly. This is a great action/crime novel that just happens to have them in it. Also, Lehane doesn't write women all that well.