Mystic River

dennis lehane

When they were children, Sean Devine, Jimmy Marcus, and Dave Boyle were friends. But then a strange car drove up their street. One boy got in 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. And Dave is trying to hold his marriage together and keep his demons at bay-demons that urge him to do horrific things.When Jimmy's daughter is found murdered, Sean is assigned to the case. His investigation brings him into serious conflict with Jimmy. And then there is Dave, who came home covered in someone else's blood the night Jimmy's daughter died. While Sean attempts to use the law to return peace and order to the neighborhood, Jimmy finds his need for vengeance pushing him ever closer to a moral abyss from which he won't be able to return.

A tense and unnerving psychological thriller, "Mystic River" is also an epic novel of love, loyalty, faith, and family.

Genres mysteryfictionthrillercrimemystery thrillersuspensebook clubdramanovelscontemporary

null pages, Library Binding

First published January 1,2001

Literary awards

barry award, macavity award, anthony award, hammett prize, dilys award, massachusetts book award, deutscher krimi preis, prix des libraires du québec,

Places

boston massachusetts,

This edition

Format: null pages, Library Binding
Published: April 1, 2002 by Demco Media
ISBN: 9780606330145
ASIN: 0606330143
Language: English

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About the author

dennis lehane

Dennis Lehane (born Aug 4th, 1966) is an American author. He has written several novels, including the New York Times bestseller Mystic River, which was later made into an Academy Award winning film, also called Mystic River, directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, and Kevin Bacon (Lehane can be briefly seen waving from a car in the parade scene at the end of the film). The novel was a finalist for the PEN/Winship Award and won the Anthony Award and the Barry Award for Best Novel, the Massachusetts Book Award in Fiction, and France's Prix Mystere de la Critique.