Gone, Baby, Gone is one of my favourite crime novels, and I revisit it every couple of years out of sheer appreciation for its craftsmanship (its film adaptation is great, too). I've read Moonlight Mile -- its sequel, penned and set twelve years later -- just as often, and love it almost as much. Having … Continue reading Review: Moonlight Mile by Dennis Lehane

Dennis Lehane is the author of one of my favourite novels of all time -- Shutter Island -- and as a long-time admirer of his Patrick Kenzie / Angie Gennaro crime series, as well as the stellar Coughlin trilogy, I was very much looking forward to his new standalone book. And Since We Fell, ultimately, doesn't disappoint, … Continue reading Review: Since We Fell by Dennis Lehane

World Gone By is the third novel in Dennis Lehane’s ambitious set of historical novels, and an immensely satisfying crime novel in its own right. Against the backdrop of World War II, World Gone By is set a decade after the events of Live By Night. Joseph Coughlin has left behind his gangster past and … Continue reading Review: World Gone By by Dennis Lehane

Shutter Island is a master class on how to tell a personal, affecting story in a novel you’ll find shelved under ‘thriller’ but is actually so much more. It begins as a mystery, but morphs into a physiological nightmare for its protagonist, with twists and turns aplenty, and a finale that will leave readers reeling. … Continue reading Review: Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane