false 21671 33 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. 1234249 1 8 2003 Mystic River total:5161|5:1719|4:2261|3:980|2:155|1:44| 5161 20940 6624 480 4 2 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 14 08:27:26 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 31 10:29:15 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 18:34:28 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 19:04:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Fri Aug 01 19:28:51 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 01 19:29:34 -0700 2008 4 2 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2001 Fri Jan 25 08:58:42 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 25 08:58:42 -0800 2008
Lehane is still an "under the radar" writer, to an extent, but his reputation grows with each novel. Mystic River, his fifth, should help his rep along just fine.

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On Saturdays, Jimmy’s father would drop by the Devines’ to have a beer with Sean’s father. He’d bring Jimmy with him, and ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Nov 22 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 18 14:45:58 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 22 13:43:45 -0800 2008
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It is a beautifully written story about three men, who are united by a horrifying childhood experience...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Sat Apr 04 21:15:51 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 21:32:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Nov 05 13:02:18 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 05 13:02:45 -0800 2008