Not DL's best K&G novel but it is a good Boston story with all of its descriptive and character components. DL sets place and scene well but some of these paragraphs could be shortened. Bubba gets more and more comic book like and getting his beautiful ex-girlfriend? The story seemed to move more quickly than usual and there could have been more bad guy retaliation. Also settling the score with Stevie Z. would have work at the end. Still enjoyed DL's insights on life, the Catholic Church and growing up in Boston. After this there was a lull in the K&G stories from DL. Hopefully there will be a few more. ( )

Sigh...no safety on a revolver people. Other than that, a pretty decent outing and what we thought would be the finale. Frankly, it should have been. ( )

Builds and holds the tension very well... unpredictable to the end ( )

BUBBA. ♥ man, this book was great. i'll never forgive dennis lehane for ending this series, but i'm glad it ended well. ( )

Excellent story, well told. The mystery had me spinning in the wind and when I had a glimmer of who I thought the bad guy was....nope, guess again. What a great, truly nasty bad guy! From devious psychological warfare to actual shoot-em-up warfare, this book runs the gamut.

It's been a long time since I read a Kenzie detective story, and I fell back into this one and the characters without missing a beat. I really liked that Lehane made Bubba a more complete character, and the repartee between Kenzie & Gennaro was fun, as usual. I think it's hard to write sarcastic, biting humor, and their dialog is always entertaining.

Highly recommended to Lehane fans and to readers who like an action packed, twisty mystery. A perfect quick summer read. ( )