Mystic
River
By Dennis
Lehand
Eleven-year-old
Dave Boyle was abducted from the streets of East Buckingham and
sexually molested. When he was returned four days later he was different
in a way that destroyed his friendship with Sean Devine and Jimmy
Marcus.
Now
25 years later, Sean is a cop and Jimmy is a store owner with a
prison record and mob connections. Dave is still unable to reconcile
what happened to him.
Jimmy's
daughter, Kate, is found murdered. The three former friends must
band together and confront their past in order to find the murderer.
This
is an engrossing page-turner that studies the effects of a savage
killer on the Blue Collar neighborhood, The Flats.
It is
beautifully written with richly drawn characters and their reactions
to the murder and to their tragic past.
The
book is in turns violent, thoughtful and emotionally wrenching.
It is a grim story combining love, friendship, betrayal and revenge.
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