Dennis Lehane. Stated first edition. New York: William Morrow, 2001. Both unclipped dust jacket and hardcover are in Near Fine condition. No writing or markings found in the book, which looks unread, 401 pp.
This New York Times bestseller 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. "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."
Made into an outstanding film directed by Clint Eastwood with Sean Penn (Oscar for Best Actor) and Tim Robbins (Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role).
