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by Dennis Lehane (Author)
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Ever since blasting onto the literary scene with the Shamus Award-winning A Drink Before the War, Dennis Lehane has been the golden boy of noir. His Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro novels are marvels of tight pacing, dialogue so good it gets under your skin and stays there, with dead-on portrayals of working-class Boston neighborhoods. Sure, he's the oft-proclaimed, hard-boiled heir to Hammett and Chandler, but Lehane also takes a page from the Hemingway school of hyper-intense writing. He pares away and pares away until he's left with the absolute essentials--and then those essentials just explode off the page.

In his five Kenzie-Gennaro novels, the detective duo is at the nexus of Lehane's big bang. Darkly funny and just this side of jaded, Angie and Patrick move through Dorchester's bleak streets with an assurance born of familiarity. It's impossible to imagine these streets without the pair, or to imagine the pair away from those streets. Mystic River, then, arrives as a bit of a gamble, as Lehane moves from the sharp edges of portraiture to the broader strokes of landscape. No Angie, no Patrick: this neighborhood is on its own. It's not any prettier and certainly no friendlier, and its working-class façade still barely masks the irresistible tug of violent ways, means, and ends.

Twenty-five years ago, Dave Boyle got into a car. When he came back four days later, he was different in a way that destroyed his friendship with Sean Devine and Jimmy Marcus. Now Sean's a cop, Jimmy's a store owner with a prison record and mob connections, and Dave's trying hard to keep his demons safely submerged. When Jimmy's daughter Katie is found murdered, each of the men must confront a past that none is eager to acknowledge. Lehane tugs delicately on the strands that weave this neighborhood together, testing for their strengths and weaknesses; this novel seems as much anthropological case study as thriller.

By turns violent and pensive, Mystic River is vintage Lehane. How good is it? You may go in missing Angie and Patrick, but after a few pages you won't even realize they're gone. Lehane's noir is still black magic. --Kelly Flynn



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Lehane ventures beyond his acclaimed private eye series with this emotionally wrenching crime drama about the effects of a savage killing on a tightly knit, blue-collar Boston neighborhood. Written with a sensitivity toward character that exceeds his previous efforts, the story tracks the friendship of three boys from a defining moment in their childhood, when 11-year-old Dave Boyle was abducted off the streets of East Buckingham and sexually molested by two men before managing to escape. Boyle, Jimmy Marcus and Sean Devine grow apart as the years pass, but a quarter century later they are thrust back together when Marcus's 19-year-old daughter, Katie, is murdered in a local park. Marcus, a reformed master thief turned family man, goes through a period of intense grief, followed by a thirst for revenge. Devine, now a homicide cop assigned to the murder, tries to control his old friend while working to make sense of the baffling case, which involves turning over the past as much as it does sifting through new evidence. In time, Devine begins to suspect Boyle, a man of many ghoulish secrets who has led a double life ever since the molestation. Lehane's story slams the reader with uncomfortable images, a beautifully rendered setting and an unnerving finale. With his sixth novel, the author has replaced the graphic descriptions of crime and violence found in his Patrick Kenzie-Angela Gennaro series (Prayers for Rain; Gone, Baby, Gone) with a more pensive, inward view of life's dark corners. It's a change that garners his themesAregret over life choices, the psychological imprints of childhood, personal and professional compromiseAa richer context and his characters a deeper exploration. Agent, Ann Rittenberg. (Feb. 6) Forecast: Given the excitement in-house at Morrow that this is Lehane's breakthrough book, and the promotion they're placing behind it, it stands an excellent chance of leaping straight onto the bestseller lists. A one-day laydown, $250,000 ad-promo and an 11-city author tour, plus a blurb from Michael Connelly designating Lehane as "the heir apparent," should provide the groundwork for explosive sales. Rights have been sold in the U.K., France and Germany, and there will be a large-print edition as well as an audio from Harper Audio.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant, Sep 11 2006
By J.E.L. (British Columbia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mystic River Mm (Mass Market Paperback)
A superbly written, character-driven story. Rich and meaty, like a scrumptious steak dinner (that's if you're not a vegetarian, of course), Mystic River is the best novel I've read in a very long time. Shutter Island was also terrific. I wish more authors could write like this.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing, Jun 3 2005
By Booklover "bOOKLOVER" (Montreal, Quebec Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mystic River Mm (Mass Market Paperback)
I found this book to be just amazimg. There is so much going on this book as well as the characters are three dimensional not one dimensional. In addition to being mystery, it is an exploration of friendships past and human nature. At the beginning of the book we are presented with Jimmy, Sean, and Dave and with the one event that changed everything in their lives and friendship. Later on in the book, with Jimmy's daughters death, the author explores how they three will interact. This is a gripping book and it never lets. All through the book, we come back to that one event that changed their lives forever.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Eastwood Cries a Better River, Mar 3 2005
By Lala Vegas (Toronto, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mystic River (Paperback)
I don't often come across a book that I like less than its movie adaptation, but Mystic River happened to be one of those books. Just because an author can elaborate with thousands of words - it doesn't mean that he should, and this incredibly drawn out story made me wish for the exactness of gifted authors like Graham Greene. Clint Eastwood did the story justice though - and his portrayal of the characters was exactly what the audience needed to know...
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5.0 out of 5 stars All I can say is WOW!
This is one of my all time favorite books! I hadn't seen the movie, but recognized the name when I picked up the book at a local Barnes and Nobles. Read more
Published on Jul 17 2004 by Harley's Momma

5.0 out of 5 stars lehane lover
I devoured the Kenzie and Gennaro books in rapid succession after reading Sacred but was hesitant to read Mystic River for some reason. Read more
Published on Jul 16 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars This top-notch mystery should win an Edgar award.
I resisted reading Mystic River because I had not seen the movie - but I am delighted that I did. It is a first rate page-turner with rich details (scenes, characters,... Read more
Published on Jul 9 2004 by Victoria Tarrani

5.0 out of 5 stars A rare thing indeed
Not since Jackson McCrae's "The Bark of the Dogwood" have I been so moved and delighted by a book. Read more
Published on Jun 28 2004

3.0 out of 5 stars Read if you haven't seen the movie.....
It's a good book if you haven't already seen the movie because the two are identical. I saw the movie and really enjoyed it so I wanted to read the book for more illustrative... Read more
Published on Jun 22 2004

4.0 out of 5 stars Drama combined with Mystery
Lehane's "Mystic River" is quite unique in that it is an intelligent thriller that knows how to build its characters and story. Read more
Published on Jun 22 2004 by fra7299

5.0 out of 5 stars A river of good writing
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4.0 out of 5 stars Keeps you guessing !!!
This was a great book; it kept you thinking through out; a great addition to anyone's library.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Superbly suspenseful, but ultimately a let down
This book sweeps you along, with marvelous twists and turns, however, it ultimately becomes a disappointment, the ending is not well thought through and is a terrible let down to... Read more
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