Listen free for 30 days

Listen with offer

Preview

£0.00 for first 30 days

Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Mystic River

By: Dennis Lehane
Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
Try for £0.00

£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £12.99

Buy Now for £12.99

Pay using card ending in
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.

Summary

There are threads in our lives. You pull one, and everything else gets affected.

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. 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....

©2001 Dennis Lehane (P)2004 W F Howes
activate_Holiday_promo_in_buybox_DT_T2

Listeners also enjoyed...

USA Noir cover art
The Last Kind Words cover art
California Fire and Life cover art
Dallas Noir cover art
When One Man Dies cover art
Cash City cover art
Fahrenheit 451 cover art
Vanished - A Mystery cover art
The Black Echo: Special Edition cover art
The Walking Dead: The Road to Woodbury cover art
The Missing Ones cover art
In Cold Blood cover art

What listeners say about Mystic River

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    110
  • 4 Stars
    45
  • 3 Stars
    10
  • 2 Stars
    5
  • 1 Stars
    2
Performance
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    118
  • 4 Stars
    33
  • 3 Stars
    9
  • 2 Stars
    2
  • 1 Stars
    2
Story
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    107
  • 4 Stars
    36
  • 3 Stars
    14
  • 2 Stars
    4
  • 1 Stars
    3

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Blown away

It’s been years since I saw the movie so when I downloaded the book, I knew there were parts of me that stuck with it but WOW!!! The difference the years can make. From identifying with the daughter in the story when I first read it, to now connecting with the adult characters and having lived a similar youth where horrible things happened around you, I was drawn in by each and every character. And the writing was lyrical and beautiful despite the subject matter. I’m off to read ever other book by Dennis Lehane x

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Superb

Wonderfully engaging plot, skilled character-building, coupled with excellent narration - Lehane at his best. A must-buy

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

3 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

An American Crime Classic

I love this book and wanted to try the Audible version. Not disappointed. Richard Ferrone does a brilliant job of bringing the ensemble cast to life. These characters will live long in your memory. A stone cold American crime classic.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Breathtaking & Heartbreaking

Dennis Lehane has ripped the crown for heatbreakingly beautiful prose with a compelling story right off the head of James Lee Burke!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Great story and wonderful narration.

A very enjoyable and atmospheric novel. Particularly like the character development, enough detail to form a picture but leave enough for imagination.
The story itself is very good and i would recommend it.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Love, Corruption and Brutality

Well written and Spoken
Good characterisation
Broken families
Brutality of men, and lies leading to murder,

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

just fabulous

I think those complaining of the slow pace/long descriptions do not appreciate the weaving of a rich story of small-town crime, love and violence. This is a fantastic story and the narration is truly excellent. Thoroughly recommended.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

2 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Amazing book!

I can't believe I've never heard of this book till now. It's an instant favourite and if you haven't read it, you may have severe problems.
please rectify that immediately

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

A very well written novel

A literary novel with well developed, engaging characters. The story is engrossing and found it difficult to put down. Highly recommended.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    2 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    2 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    1 out of 5 stars

Over long

Started off ok and story was interesting enough but it progressed into a book that was at least 2 hours too long and a bit self indulgent, unfortunately.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!