Title: Extreme violence mars complicated second Kenzie & Gennaro tale
Review: We're not usually contrarians, especially when a book is very highly rated by both the public and by close reading friends, but Lehane's second in the Patrick Kenzie & Angela Gennaro set is so extremely violent, so twisted and dark that we were more anxious to finish just to get it over with rather than discover all the resolutions to the vicious action and closely concealed bad guy identities. A very complicated plot features the hunt for a duo or trio of serial killers, who remain active throughout the story to the point of nearly adding our protagonists to their long list of horribly grisly murders. And while there was some excellent probing of the issue of the violence Kenzie brought into the life of serious girlfriend Grace (and daughter Mae), as well as developments in the ongoing sexual tension between our two principals, we must forego the remainder of this set as just too over the top gory to suit us. Sorry `bout that.
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