Some mistakes do come back to haunt us. And it’s hell when they do. In Dennis Lehane‘s new thriller, Moonlight Mile, private investigator Patrick Kenzie worked on a missing child case in 1997; the missing girl was a four-year-old named Amanda. Working with his partner, Angela Gennaro, Kenzie found Amanda and returned her to her mother – her neglectful, emotionally absent mother. It’s an action he’s deeply regretted. Now Amanda is 16 and missing again. This time, Kenzie and Gennaro vow not only to find her but to make sure she’s not returned to her unhappy and unhealthy home life. What they don’t know is that a bad mother is the least of Amanda’s worries. 6:30 p.m. Murder by the Book, 2342 Bissonnet. For information, call 713-524-8597 or visit www.murderbooks.com. Free.
Tue., Nov. 9, 6:30 p.m., 2010
This article appears in Nov 4-10, 2010.