Fans of Dennis Lehane rejoice! Moonlight Mile, his sequel to Gone, Baby, Gone, will be in bookstores in a matter of weeks, featuring, of course, private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. I gleefully picked up an advance reader copy of it at the NEIBA convention a few weeks back and read it this past weekend.
Oh, it's so nice to have that duo back! Those of us who, through the volumes, have ridden along with them on their rollercoaster of a relationship have missed them— a lot! At a new stage in their lives, they find themselves once again searching for Amanda, the missing girl they tracked down when she was four in Gone, Baby, Gone. Now Amanda is a teenager and a very wise one at that. Throw in the Russian mob and some other seedy characters and you've got a great, suspenseful, fast-paced read.
Lehane, from Boston, puts some Maine into the book, too. Lots of references—Patrick has dinner with someone at the Chilis in South Portland! Hey, that's where I live! Not at the Chilis, but in SoPo. I wish I could have been there to see him. Oh. Wait. Never mind.
Get the book and welcome back Patrick and Angie! And don't forget their fearless pal, Bubba. Gotta love that darn Bubba!
Lehane, btw, will be in Concord, N.H., at the Concord Center for the Arts at 7 p.m. Nov. 3., and he'll be at Northshire Books in Manchester Center, Vt., at 7 p.m. Nov. 6. Hey, come to Maine, Lehane! Meet me for dinner at Chilis! I'll buy!
Next up for me is another book I picked up at NEIBA, an updated, paperback version of The Gift of an Ordinary Day. It's a memoir by Katrina Kenison, who with her two teenage sons and husband moved from Boston to New Hampshire as part of a planned lifestyle remodeling. She writes of watching her sons grow up and change, with all that entails, both good and bad. I'm 50 or so pages in, and so far so good. I'm hoping to get some pointers for my own son's impending teendom. Or at least some advance commiseration. And warnings....
Read on!
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