Dennis Lehane
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| Title | : | Mystic River |
| Author | : | Dennis Lehane |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 416 pages |
| Published | : | February 1st 2001 by William Morrow Paperbacks (first published 2001) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Fiction. Thriller. Crime. Mystery Thriller. Suspense |
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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.
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| Original Title: | Mystic River |
| ISBN: | 0060584750 (ISBN13: 9780060584757) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Dave Boyle, Sean Devine, Jimmy Marcus |
| Setting: | Boston, Massachusetts(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Barry Award for Best Novel (2002), Macavity Award Nominee for Best Mystery Novel (2002), Anthony Award for Best Novel (2002), Hammett Prize Nominee (2001), Dilys Award (2002) Massachusetts Book Award for Fiction (2002), Deutscher Krimi Preis for 3. Platz International (2003), Prix des libraires du Québec for Lauréats hors Québec (2003) |
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Ratings: 4.18 From 117323 Users | 3558 ReviewsColumn Based On Books Mystic River
I bought a hardback copy of Mystic River when it first came out, and Ive been recommending it to everyone I know who has the slightest interest in crime fiction ever since. Oddly enough, its been almost 20 years since I first read the book, and Id never revisited it until now. I love it, but theres just so much Lehane-style depression that a fella can take.In a working class Boston neighborhood during the mid-70s,three young boys encounter a couple of child molesters pretending to be cops. One
Mystic River, Dennis LehaneMystic River is a novel by Dennis Lehane that was published in 2001. The novel revolves around three boys who grow up as friends in Boston: Dave Boyle, Sean Devine, and Jimmy Marcus. When the story opens, we see Dave abducted by child molesters while he, Sean, and Jimmy are horsing around on a neighborhood street. Dave escapes and returns home days later, emotionally shattered by his experience. The book then moves forward 25 years: Sean has become a homicide
Dennis Lehane, a master of the ol' switheroo! I got rug-burn on the bottom of my feet from the number of times he pulled it out from under me in Mystic River!
Extremely well written. This author can do more for character development in one or two pages than others try in 30. There was not one moment of let down or disbelief. This is a very good, gritty, tough and tragic mystery. Has to be on a top 10 (of all time) list somewhere. ;-)
After reading Mystic River, I think Dennis Lehane might've become my new favorite mystery writer since Harlan Coben and David Baldacci! A very powerful tale of murder, friendship, murder, suspense, and betrayal, everything you want from a Mystery, and it leaves you wanting more!One afternoon in the streets of Boston, 3 longtime friends, Jimmy Marcus, Sean Devine, and Dave Boyle are roughhousing, when a mysterious car with 2 men pulls up, one of the men posing as a cop gets out and starts
If you've seen Martin Scorsese's THE DEPARTED, then you are familiar with the setting of this book. A poor, predominately white neighborhood (in Boston) where (male) children grow up to be either criminals or cops. Violence is a part of life, and the vicious cycles of abuse and crime are never ending.Jimmy, Sean, and Dave grew up together. When they are 11-years-old, a "cop" car pulls up and busts them for fighting in the street. Sean and Jimmy, the tougher ones, lie and avoid getting in the
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