Gone, Baby, Gone

A Novel

De: Dennis Lehane

Narrado por: 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

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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

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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.

Even better than the movie

Extremely gritty, but it was even better than an excellent movie. Narrator Davis puts nuance into every character. Contains complicated moral dilemmas. Great suspense.

Grabs you and won't let go.

If you could sum up Gone, Baby, Gone in three words, what would they be?

Intense, compelling, addicting

What was one of the most memorable moments of Gone, Baby, Gone?

All of them.

Which scene was your favorite?

All of them.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes, but I didn't want it to end. So I savored it.

Any additional comments?

I have listened to 3 Dennis Lehane books. Love this authors stories. Have another one waiting. Don't know what Im going to do when I run out of credits/stories.

Very good book, not for sensitive soul.

I love Dennis Lehane, I listen to almost all his books. Gone, baby, gone, was harder to listen than the other books from this series. The story is about child abductions and abuses. I found myself crying so hard at the cruelty of some man and women against children. The problem from this fictional book, is that it's not fictional at all.

Lehane has done it again...nice.

I became a "fan" of Lehane (Idk, do writers have "fans" OR, do their books actually have the fans by definition? like I said, Idk.) after Mystic River(the film) but I didn't know it yet, didn't know Lehane existed. Then The Wire(premium cable TV show) and then Gone Baby Gone(the film), Shutter Island(film), Boardwalk Empire (prem. cbl. TV show) and The Drop(film). Then I discovered Lehane here on audible(ty btw) with a book called Live By Night, unbeknownst to me there was a new gangster flick coming out w/the same name. So as I was reading/listening to it the film released and so I went to see it and loved it but NOWHERE NEAR as much as I loved the book. So I decided to find out which if any other novels of his became films, because that tells me if I like any of them I know I LOVE the books. I was floored by how many of my all time favorite movies and shows were Lehane novels first, or directly written by him. This is yet ANOTHER in a long list of great Lehane Novels turned films. Now I get to go explore the lives of the protagonists by reading the rest of the books in this series I have also found on Audible, it's THAT good!

Agree with Angie on this one

Great writing, as always. The moral dilemma: obey the law or break it to save innocent lives (and risk all potential complications and consequences). A very sad story. Great narration as usual. Highly recommended series.