Mystic River Audio Book

Mystic River
Author: Dennis Lehane
Reader: David Strathairn

A humming chiller from the red-hot author of Shutter Island. Investigating the murder of an old friend's daughter, Detective Sean Devine must deal with her outraged father and the monstrous secrets of a seemingly bland outsider. Sean Penn, Kevin Bacon, and Tim Robbins star in the Oscar-winning movie. A USA Today Book Club pick. "A powerhouse... heart-scorching [and] penetrating."—The New York Times Book Review   » Read More

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.

Performed by David Strathairn. David Strathairn is a familiar face from his distinguished work in dozens of films, among them A Map of the World, Limbo The River Wild, Rob Roberts, LA Confidential, and A Midsummer Night's Dream. He has numerous television credits, and has been a regular on Wiseguy and The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd.