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by Dennis Lehane (Author)
4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 528 pages
  • Publisher: Bantam Books; New edition edition (1 Oct 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0553816160
  • ISBN-13: 978-0553816167
  • Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 10.6 x 3.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 100,768 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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When Jimmy Marcus's daughter is found murdered, his friend Sean Devine is assigned to the case. Sean's investigation takes him back into a world of violence he thought he'd left behind. As the race for a killer heats up, all are pulled toward an abyss that will force them to face their true selves.

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When they were children, Sean Devine, Jimmy Marcus and Dave Boyle were friends. But then a strange car pulled 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 Devine is a homicide detective. Jimmy Marcus is an ex-con who owns a corner store. And Dave Boyle is trying to hold his marriage together and keep his demons at bay - demons that urge him to do horrific things.

When Jimmy Marcus' daughter is found murdered, Sean Devine is assigned to the case. His personal life unravelling, he must go back into a world he thought he'd left behind to confront not only the violence of the present but the nightmares of his past. His investigation brings him into conflict with Jimmy Marcus, who finds his old criminal impulses tempt him to solve the crime with brutal justice. And then there is Dave Boyle, who came home the night Jimmy's daughter died covered in someone else's blood.

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Heartbreak River, 9 Sep 2006
By Dr. Robert A. Josey "mystery lover" (Scottish Highlands) - See all my reviews
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I bought the video of 'Mystic River' and was two thirds of the way through when I decided that I would read the book before I saw the end of the movie. And I really wanted to see the end...
So I read the book over four nights, and was surprised at just how closely the film version was sticking to the story. (A very rare event.) Certain details were changed - Jimmy has fair hair, Katie has blonde hair - minor stuff I know, but significant when you are visualising characters in a novel. And there were an extra few plot strands, of course.
The strengths of the novel originate in Dennis Lehane's authorial voice.He seems to be able to articulate despair and grief, to cut to the quick of things, with great honesty and perception. A case in point is Dave Boyle's remembering of his mother singing 'Old Macdonald' to him after he returns from the most traumatic experience possible, and his caustic, heartbroken commentary on it.
Apart from all the harsh questions 'Mystic River' raises, especially during its harrowing closing chapters, it is also a great read. A crime thriller which genuinely thrills. Lehane gets everything right in this department.
After closing the book I also felt I had read a great American novel. A novel of stature, up there with Steinbeck and Heller and Doctorow.
And when I watched the ending of the film I was surprised not only at how close it still kept to the novel - Brian Hegeland's script has used the engine of the book to great effect - but just how much Clint Eastwood had captured the atmosphere. And how perfect the casting was. A double whammy. Perfect book and perfect film.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars MYSTIC RIVER, 16 Oct 2005
By DevJohn01 (Somerset, NJ) - See all my reviews
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I'd had 'MYSTIC RIVER' on my wish list for ages but did not actually purcahse it until I heard that they were turning it itno a movie staring Sean Penn and Kevin Bacon. While I heard great things anout Dennis Lehane as an author this was the firsrt of his books that I've read and I am very pleased that I chose this one to start with. Lehane paints a picture so realistically that you can alomst feel the grief, anger and despair that his characters feel.

Jimmy, Davey and Sean were childhood friends and while all very different in personality, Jimmy being the tough one, Sean the boy from the "right side of the tracks" and Davey the follower, they never missed a Saturday together. However, one Saturday things take a turn for the unexpected when two men posing as police officers abduct Davey. Once returned to his familly days later and knowing the horrors that Davey must have enduredd at the hands of these men, the friendship between the three boys is irrevocably torn. Twenty some odd years later, when Jimmy's daughter Kaite is murdered the three of them are thrown back into each others lives. Sean is the investigating officer in Katie's murder and Davey who is married to Jimmy's wife's cousin is there to lend his support. But with a secret hanging over his head about his own misdeeds the night of Katie's murder Davey must try to keep it together himself.

When young Davey is abducted in the first few chapters of the book you feel the anguish that his family and friends go through as they await his safe return. You can also feel how tourtured that experience has left Davey as an adult. When Jimmy's daughter is murdered you feel the pain and sadness that he and his family go through and understand his urge to find the killer and make him pay at any cost. And when Sean is forced to investigate the murder of his estranged friends daughter you can feel how torn he is between doing his job and a sense of loyalty to an old firend in the hardest time of his life.

After reading 'MYSTIC RIVER' I couldn't wait to see how this story played out on the big screen and for once the movie stayted very true to the book. Penn and Robin's performances were defintiley Oscar worthy as you see these characters brought to life. If you loved the movie you will love this book even more.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Simply the best, 8 Jul 2006
By Mr. A. J. Smith (Devon, England) - See all my reviews
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Pure & simple - the best book I've read in years!

Gripping tale, brilliantly told & involving characters you care about. If you don't buy another book this year, get this one.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Better than average but...
This book is beautifully crafted. Literate and substantial. The resolution took me by surprise and that doesn't happen often. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Catblack_uk

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great American Novel Noir Becomes A New Classic!
Dennis Lehane is a master at creating mood. With "Mystic River" he paints a portrait of a bleak working class neighborhood, Boston's East Buckingham Flats, and its inhabitants,... Read more
Published on 19 Feb 2005 by Jana L. Perskie

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT BOOK (AND VERY GOOD FILM)
This is a truly great book , but where did it come from ?? , the rest of his books are average formula PI fodder , the mystery is where did he get this one from ?? very strange
Published on 5 Dec 2004

4.0 out of 5 stars Taut, absorbing thriller
My flight was delayed at the airport; I picked up this novel from the rack of English language books and bought it pretty much on impulse. Read more
Published on 31 Aug 2004 by unlikely_heroine

3.0 out of 5 stars Slow yet engrossing... but shame about the ending
Having been impressed with Lehane's "Prayers for Rain", I was looking forward to "Mystic River" - especially in the wake of the movie's recent success. Read more
Published on 2 Jul 2004 by Captain Blizzard

1.0 out of 5 stars Can't see the attraction...
Rambling over-use of description chokes this "thriller" and does absolutely nothing to enhance either the mood or the plot. Read more
Published on 22 Jan 2004 by paulharding6

5.0 out of 5 stars Mystic River Runs Through Our Minds
Dennis Lehane wrote the book and Clint Eastwood directed the movie. It is rare that a movie is equal to the book, but in this case they are both superb works of art. Read more
Published on 10 Dec 2003 by prisrob

4.0 out of 5 stars Thought-provoking, atmospheric mystery novel
This mystery novel hooks you in from the very first pages when you learn how an incident that happened thirty years ago can haunt a person for the rest of their life. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Gripping read
With 'Mystic River', Dennis Lehane has not only broken away from his excellent previous novels, he's broken away from the pack of genre big-boys. Read more
Published on 9 Feb 2001 by dallasd@hotmail.com

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