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Gone, Baby, Gone

A Novel

Dennis Lehane

Ages 16+

Readers rate it 4.0 (75 on Hardcover)

560 pages · Released Oct 13, 2009

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Gone, Baby, Gone parent’s guide: what’s inside

High confidence

LGBTQ+ themes

What it offers

Educational value

A note for parents

Gone, Baby, Gone is a hardboiled noir thriller featuring a missing child case, multiple murders, and morally complex themes unsuitable for young readers. The novel contains significant profanity, graphic violence, drug use, and heavy emotional trauma; it's marketed to adult audiences and deals with exploitation and ethical dilemmas well beyond middle-grade content. While it explores themes of loyalty and moral choice, these are adult-oriented and presented ambiguously rather than clearly rewarded.

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From the publisher

“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 Ri... “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.

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  • Fiction
  • Calibre Import
  • mysterious
  • tense
  • Mystery
  • Suspense
  • Thriller
  • Abduction
  • Patrick Kenzie (Fictitious character)
  • Private investigators
  • Angela Gennaro (Fictitious character)
  • Crimes against

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ISBN 9780061802737 · Harper Collins

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