Mystic River, Dennis Lehane
Mystic River, Dennis Lehane
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Mystic River

Author: Dennis Lehane

Narrator: David Strathairn

Abridged: 5 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 12/09/2008

Synopsis

The New York Times bestselling novel from Dennis Lehane is a gripping, unnerving psychological thriller about the effects of a savage killing on three former friends in a tightly knit, blue-collar Boston neighborhood.When they were children, Sean Devine, Jimmy Marcus, and Dave Boyle were friends. But then a strange car pulled up to their street. One boy got into the car, two did not, and something terrible happened -- something that ended their friendship and changed all three boys forever.Twenty-five years later, Sean is a homicide detective. Jimmy is an ex-con who owns a corner store. And Dave is trying to hold his marriage together and keep his demons at bay -- demons that urge him to do terrible things. When Jimmy's daughter is found murdered, Sean is assigned to the case. His investigation brings him into conflict with Jimmy, who finds his old criminal impulses tempt him to solve the crime with brutal justice. And then there is Dave, who came home the night Jimmy's daughter died covered in someone else's blood. A tense and unnerving psychological thriller, Mystic River is also an epic novel of love and loyalty, faith and family, in which people irrevocably marked by the past find themselves on a collision course with the darkest truths of their own hidden selves.

About Dennis Lehane

Dennis Lehane is the author of thirteen novels—including the New York Times bestsellers Live by Night; Moonlight Mile; Gone, Baby, Gone; Mystic River; Shutter Island; and The Given Day—as well as Coronado, a collection of short stories and a play. He grew up in Boston, MA and now lives in California with his family.

About David Strathairn

David Strathairn reads ""Welcome to the Monkey House,"" ""Tom Edison's Shaggy Dog,"" ""D.P.,"" ""The Lie,"" and ""Adam"".

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Connie on 2013-05-02 12:42:10

Right up there with Shutter Island. Loved the book, and loved the movie even more!

Goodreads review by Kemper on February 18, 2020

I bought a hardback copy of Mystic River when it first came out, and I’ve been recommending it to everyone I know who has the slightest interest in crime fiction ever since. Oddly enough, it’s been almost 20 years since I first read the book, and I’d never revisited it until now. I love it, but ther......more

Goodreads review by Colin on August 07, 2024

After Sean Penn won the Oscar for best actor, Tim Robbins for best actor in a supporting role and Clint Eastwood was nominated for best director, plus many more nominations for those involved in the filming, I knew I needed to watch this movie. And I eventually did, quite a few years ago. It was gre......more

Goodreads review by Trudi on January 03, 2013

Just before picking this book up - my first Lehane (it won't be my last) - I came across a quote by him illuminating the working-class, blue-collar nature of noir: In Greek tragedy, they fall from great heights. In noir, they fall from the curb. I love this quote. It slices right to the heart of who......more

Goodreads review by PattyMacDotComma on May 11, 2020

5★ “Four in the morning, and she was more awake than she’d been in years. She was Christmas-morning-when-you’re-eight kind of awake. Her blood was caffeine. Your whole life, you wished for something like this. You told yourself you didn’t, but you did. To be involved in a drama.” The story isn’t about......more

Goodreads review by Fabian on November 19, 2024

Every adult human being has the chance to choose a personally favored path of life (considering it isn't predeterminated by illnesses, accidents etc.), but the general direction this path heads towards will usually already be marked during childhood: This might be the idea which provoked Dennis Leha......more

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