num_pages: 14
description: When they were children, Sean Devine, Jimmy Marcus, and Dave Boyle were friends. But then a strange car drove up their street. One boy got in the car, two did not, and something terrible happened--something that ended their friendship and changed the boys forever. Twenty-five years later, Sean is a homicide detective. Jimmy is an ex-con. And Dave is trying to hold his marriage together and keep his demons at bay--demons that urge him to do horrific things.When Jimmy's daughter is 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. While Sean attempts to use the law to return peace and order to the neighborhood, Jimmy finds his need for vengeance pushing him ever closer to a moral abyss from which he won't be able to return.
language: English
title: Mystic River
titlecomplete: Mystic River
characters: Dave Boyle, Sean Devine, Jimmy Marcus
genres: Fiction, Crime, Contemporary, Thriller, Audiobook, Suspense, Novels, Drama, Mystery Thriller, Mystery
ratings_count: 142432
places: Boston, Massachusetts
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Barry Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Macavity Award
category: Best Mystery Novel, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Anthony Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Hammett Prize, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Dilys Award, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Massachusetts Book Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Deutscher Krimi Preis
category: 3. Platz International, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Prix des libraires du Québec
category: Lauréats hors Québec
publisher: HarperAudio