Mystic River in Pick-a-Shelf

Aug 16, 2008 Kellie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2003-reads, mystery-thrillers

I believe this is the book that Lehane is famous for, although I have read ALL of Lehane's books and they are equally as good.
This is a story of friendship, betrayal and misunderstanding.
I might also add, the movie stays very close to the book.
The setting is Boston, Massachusetts and the story is about 3 friends who share a moment when they are kids that changes their lives forever. ...more

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Nov 06, 2018 Slayermel rated it really liked it

Shelves: fiction, 21st-century, made-into-film, library, mystery, thriller, audiobooks, kobo

I really enjoyed this novel. The mystery, the characters, the twisted relationships. What a great story! I will definitely be looking into more of Dennis Lehane's work.

Three boys who have been friends growing up, find their relationship slowly changing. The day one of the boys gets into the back of a large sedan with two men they had assumed where police officers, is the day their friendship really came to an end. The boy went missing for four days, and by luck had managed to escape the place he ...more

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Mar 20, 2008 Joanna rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2008-read, audiobooks

This book might be the best mystery I've read. Now, the field isn't that deep as I don't read many mysteries. But the book managed to keep a plot-driven pacing while deeply exploring the inner lives of the three main characters and creating full, rich side characters. As a refreshing sidenote, the women in this book aren't all nimrods. While the women aren't main characters, the reader does get some knowledge of the intimate relationships of the men and the women in the book have individual pers ...more

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