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Mars4523 posted:That's book 4 out of a book 6 series. It starts out very strong but I think that the last one, Moonlight Mile is noticeably weaker than the rest (plot ends in anticlimax and Angie Gennaro is missing for large parts of the book). I have to say that the first three are really excellent though. They are A Drink Before the War, Darkness Take My Hand and Sacred. I really enjoyed Gone Baby Gone (though at times the level of action got a bit implausible toward the end) but many Moonlight Mile was medicore. Like all Lehane's book I found it very readable so it was well worth the money I paid but the plot was weak and Amanda McCready was a ridiculous Mary Sue character and didn't feel believable at all. Then again, Bubba is a bit of a Mary Sue character as well and, again, just doesn't feel that plausible as a person. The idea of having your own best buddy who is just the most stone cold badass ever but also a basically decent guy to you and your wife feels like a fantasy wish projection, not something that belongs in a bleak hardboiled detective novel. Also those books always feel a bit like the main character was a self insert of the author, an impression that only gets stronger when you find out that Lehane's wife is named Angie. Now, that having been said, these books are just so drat readable that if I found another one of them in a book store I'd buy it and read it immediately. I don't know why but I would.
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OilSlick posted:I've been meaning to read Gone Baby Gone. I understand it's the fourth book in a series about a pair of private investigators. Do I need to read the first 3? Are they any good? I read it without having read the rest of the series. It is a stand alone plot so you do not need to read the other books to enjoy it. There are some spoilers about the previous books though so if you're planning to read them and hate having plot points revealed then that could be an issue.
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