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Mystic River

Written by:
Dennis Lehane
Narrated by:
Scott Brick

Unabridged Audiobook

Ratings
Book
31
Narrator
10
Release Date
December 9, 2008
Duration
15 hours 24 minutes
Summary
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.
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DualityQueen

giving three stars because the writing is immaculate. very detailed, very well-described emotions and really captures the image the author is trying to convey, but the story itself was a little unsatisfying.When they found out the gun belonged to Brandon's dad, why didn't they think of mute Ray too? When Dave turned out to be innocent, I went "Ray killed her because Katie was going to take Brandon away".the hockey stick thing was something I didnt expect though.despite the amazing writing, I'm also a bit iffy about how little happened in 609 pages... the first 400 especially.

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Patrick M.

I’m a big fan of Dennis Lehane and this book lived up to its hype. Narrator did a great job also.

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Jen G

great book...edge of my seat! the voice is amazing and engaging.

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Kimberly Abdelal

This book was so boring, it just went on and on. I didn't even listen to the last 30 minutes once I found who killed the girl. The narration was good though.

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Leilani Maynard

Very good audio book. The story was captivating the narrator was good too. I highly recommend this book

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