GONE, BABY, GONE (Dennis Lehane) - December 25/07

Overlong but engaging, Gone, Baby, Gone is an intriguing crime novel that does suffer from a number of overly descriptive action sequences. There are also more than a few needless scenes, and the book generally feels as though it's been saddled with more pages than necessary. Still, Lehane is a great writer and he does a nice job of capturing the flavor of Boston. *** out of ****