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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 all three 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 found murdered, Sean is assigned to the case. His investigation brings him into serious conflict with Jimmy. And then there is Dave, who came home covered in someone else's blood the night Jimmy's daughter died. 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. A tense and unnerving psychological thriller, Mystic River is also an epic novel of love, loyalty, faith, and family.

丹尼斯·勒翰,美國當代著名作傢。1966年齣生於多徹斯特。曾獲得美國安東尼最佳創作奬、貝瑞小說奬、馬薩諸塞最佳小說奬等多項大奬。

2001年完成的《神秘河》，被認為是他最具代錶作的佳作。小說以縱橫韆裏的筆力、層齣不窮的懸念、目不暇接的緊張情節，將一齣凶殺案的縱深脈絡淋灕盡緻地展現齣來。作品剛一齣版，文學界好評如潮，《齣版傢周刊》評價本書“已經站在神秘小說的最高峰”，本書也立即登上各大暢銷書榜前列。2003年，小說由美國著名導演剋林特·伊斯特伍德改編成同名電影，一舉獲得2004年奧斯卡金像奬六項提名、兩項大奬。