Search - Gone, Baby, Gone

Four year old Amanda McCready disappeared from her bedroom one night while her mother was next door visiting a neighbor. At least that's what her distracted, chain-smoking drug using mother, Helene, says. When Amanda's Aunt and Uncle want a little bit more attention paid to Amanda's disappearance than Helene does, private investigators, Gennaro and Kenzie agree to take the case. When they start digging around for clues, they find themselves surrounded by disreputable characters, drugs, money, filth and dead decaying bodies.

This book is a good read but not for the faint hearted.

The book is excellent. The movie they made of it is NOT. Dennis Lehane is a great writer. The subject matter in this is raw, unfiltered, haunting and powerful.