Mystic River
Dennis Lehane
612 pages
When they were children, Sean Devine, Jimmy Marcus, and Dave Boyle were friends. But then a strange car pulled up to their street. One boy got into the car, two did not, and something terrible happened—something that ended their friendship and changed all three boys forever. Now, years later, murder has tied their lives together again . . .
This book explores the dark consequences of choices, culminating in a haunting scene where a character realizes their transformation into an evil person in a quiet, domestic moment.