Wonderful suspense!
I am really not much on suspense but Mystic River pulled me into its depths and made me want to know more. More about what happened to Dave, the child who was molested at 11 and grew up to be a scarred man. More about Sean, the cool kid who grew up to be the cop investigating a murder. More about Jimmy, part of Dave and Sean's group who grew up to be a criminal and whose daughter was the one murdered. These 3 characters will get inside you and take hold of all of your senses. You can actually see the blood on the ground and feel the Mystic River flowing by. This was my first experience with Dennis Lehane, but it will not be my last.