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Mystic River

Audiobook
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El éxito de ventas de The New York Times, Mystic River, es un apasionante y perturbador thriller psicológico sobre los efectos de un salvaje asesinato en una cerrada comunidad de Boston.

Aquel día de 1975, cuando un coche se detiene junto a ellos, Dave Boyle, Sean Devine y Jimmy Marcus son demasiado pequeños para imaginar que su destino va a cambiar de forma irremediable. Dos hombres que pretenden ser policías hacen subir a Dave al vehículo con el pretexto de llevarlo a su casa. El crío aparecerá cuatro días después, pero nunca llegará a saberse qué ha pasado durante ese tiempo. Veinticinco años más tarde, Sean trabaja como detective de homicidios, Jimmy es un expresidiario que regenta un pequeño comercio y Dave está intentando salvar su matrimonio mientras mantiene a raya a sus demonios, que lo impulsan a hacer cosas horribles. Cuando la hija de Jimmy, Katie, es terriblemente asesinada, los ecos del secuestro de Dave vuelven a sus vidas.

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«Lehane se aventura más allá de su aclamada serie de detectives privados con este desgarrador drama sobre los efectos de un salvaje asesinato sobre tres antiguos amigos, en la estrechamente unida comunidad de un barrio trabajador de Boston. La historia de Lehane golpea al lector con incómodas imágenes, un entorno hermosamente descrito y un inquietante final. Con su sexta novela, el autor sustituye las gráficas descripciones de crimen y violencia que encontramos en la serie de Patrick Kenzie y Angela Gennaro (Plegarias en la noche; Desapareció una noche) con una visión más introspectiva de los oscuros rincones de la vida. Es un cambio que da a sus temas (arrepentimiento de las decisiones tomadas, las huellas psicológicas de la infancia, compromiso personal y profesional) un contexto más rico y a sus personajes una más profunda exploración.»
Publishers Weekly

«Este conocido escritor es cada vez mejor, y esta intensa, inteligente e intrigante novela seguro que le ganará un montón de nuevos seguidores. De niños, Jimmy, Sean y Dave tienen un extraño tipo de amistad, nacida más de la proximidad geográfica que de verdadero afecto de los unos por los otros. Un cuarto de siglo más tarde, Sean es un oficial de policía de Boston, Jimmy un ex presidiario y Dave es... bueno, digamos solamente que tiene muchas cosas que esconder, incluida la verdad de algo que sucedió hace mucho tiempo. Cuando la hija de Jimmy es asesinada, los tres antiguos amigos se reúnen de nuevo, pero esta vez, al menos uno de ellos está atrapado por la autodestrucción. La creciente reputación de Lehane hse ha basado hasta ahora en su superlativa serie de Patrick Kenzie y Angela Gennaro. Con este libro se muestra igualmente soberbio fuera de la serie. Lehane pertenece al pequeño grupo de escritores de novela negra cuyos libros revelan una profunda fascinación por la gente, por sus motivaciones, sus conflictos íntimos y las sutiles cosas que hacen que los personajes estén vivos. Como sucede con los mejores escritores del género, cuando leemos a Lehane rara vez nos preocupamos de resolver el enigma. Sus personajes son demasiado absorbentes como para eso. Hay que dejar de hablar de Lehane como de una estrella emergente y reconocer que es uno de nuestros mejores escritores contemporáneos.»
David Pitt, Booklist

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    • AudioFile Magazine
      When Scott Brick plunges into Mystic River, he does so with artistry and grace. This is a haunting, suspenseful, psychological thriller that calls for a multiplicity of reading talents--and Brick displays them all. One of three 11-year-olds playing together is abducted and molested by two pedophiles, released after four days, but is never the same person he was before. Fast-forward twenty-five years, and the daughter of one of the other boys is savagely murdered. The slaying brings all three into a complex, dark, emotional drama, which teaches that the past can never be totally forgotten. Brick brings it all together in an almost perfect reading. He switches emotions in an instant. Whether a character is pleading for his life or drowning in alcohol, his performance flows smoothly--right down to the end. Mystic River is the kind of book that allows the performer to shine, and Brick does. A.L.H. (c) AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from February 1, 2001
      Lehane ventures beyond his acclaimed private eye series with this emotionally wrenching crime drama about the effects of a savage killing on a tightly knit, blue-collar Boston neighborhood. Written with a sensitivity toward character that exceeds his previous efforts, the story tracks the friendship of three boys from a defining moment in their childhood, when 11-year-old Dave Boyle was abducted off the streets of East Buckingham and sexually molested by two men before managing to escape. Boyle, Jimmy Marcus and Sean Devine grow apart as the years pass, but a quarter century later they are thrust back together when Marcus's 19-year-old daughter, Katie, is murdered in a local park. Marcus, a reformed master thief turned family man, goes through a period of intense grief, followed by a thirst for revenge. Devine, now a homicide cop assigned to the murder, tries to control his old friend while working to make sense of the baffling case, which involves turning over the past as much as it does sifting through new evidence. In time, Devine begins to suspect Boyle, a man of many ghoulish secrets who has led a double life ever since the molestation. Lehane's story slams the reader with uncomfortable images, a beautifully rendered setting and an unnerving finale. With his sixth novel, the author has replaced the graphic descriptions of crime and violence found in his Patrick Kenzie-Angela Gennaro series (Prayers for Rain; Gone, Baby, Gone) with a more pensive, inward view of life's dark corners. It's a change that garners his themes--regret over life choices, the psychological imprints of childhood, personal and professional compromise--a richer context and his characters a deeper exploration. Agent, Ann Rittenberg. (Feb. 6) Forecast: Given the excitement in-house at Morrow that this is Lehane's breakthrough book, and the promotion they're placing behind it, it stands an excellent chance of leaping straight onto the bestseller lists. A one-day laydown, $250,000 ad-promo and an 11-city author tour, plus a blurb from Michael Connelly designating Lehane as "the heir apparent," should provide the groundwork for explosive sales. Rights have been sold in the U.K., France and Germany, and there will be a large-print edition as well as an audio from Harper Audio.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      They were friends twenty-five years ago as kids, but time has passed in this gritty novel of revenge and justice. Now one is a cop, one an ex-con, and one a tormented loner. On the mean city streets, their paths cross during the investigation of the murder of a young woman. Although his Boston accents are a little fuzzy, David Strathairn gives a nicely nuanced performance. His voice has the right edge to bring out the emotions of the characters, from the intense police detective to the man who was abused as a child by strangers. P.B.J. (c) AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine

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  • Spanish; Castilian

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