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It’s tough going for a good man in a messed-up world, particularly in Dennis Lehane's Boston. Patrick Kenzie knows he did the right thing twelve years ago (during the events in Gone, Baby, Gone) when he located missing 4-year-old Amanda McCready and returned her to her neglectful mother, even... read more

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An old case takes on new dimensions in Lehane's sixth crime novel to feature Boston PIs Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro, last seen in 1999's Prayers for Rain. Twelve years earlier, in 1998's Gone, Baby, Gone, Patrick and Angie investigated the kidnapping of four-year-old Amanda McCready. The... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

An old case takes on new dimensions in Lehane's sixth crime novel to feature Boston PIs Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro, last seen in 1999's Prayers for Rain. Twelve years earlier, in 1998's Gone, Baby, Gone, Patrick and Angie investigated the kidnapping of four-year-old Amanda McCready. The case drove a temporary wedge between the pair after Patrick returned Amanda to her mother's neglectful care. Now Patrick and Angie are married, the parents of four-year-old Gabriella, and barely making ends meet with Patrick's PI gigs while Angie finishes graduate school. But when Amanda's aunt comes to Patrick and tells him that Amanda, now a 16-year-old honor student, is once again missing, he vows to find the girl, even if it means confronting the consequences of choices he made that have haunted him for years. While Lehane addresses much of the moral ambiguity from Gone.

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  • “"You want a PlayStation 3?" "No, I'm good.""iPod?""Got a couple, thanks.""How about a Kindle, my friend?"Nah.""You sure?""I'm sure."He shook his head several times. "I can't give those f**king things away."”
    exchange between Yefin and Patrick

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On a bright, unseasonably warm afternoon in early December, Brandon Trescott walked out of the spa at the Chatham Bars Inn on Cape Cod and got into a taxi.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Part 1 YOU SEEMED SO REAL
Chapter 1 - 8

Part 2 MORDOVIAN RHYTHM & BLUES
Chapter 9 -17

Part 3 THE BELARUS CROSS
Chapter 18 - 25

Glossary edit see section history

  • Do svidanya: Russian Good bye. Technically do svidanya means "God be with you."

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 6 of 6 in Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro. (standard series)

Preceded by Prayers for Rain.

This book is in Rainy Day Books (Staff Picks for 2010). (community list)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Dennis Lehane (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: William Morrow
Country: United States
Publication Date: November 2, 2010
ISBN: 978-0061836923
Page Count: 336

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  • Library of Congress: PS3562.E426 M66 2010
  • Dewey: 813.54

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