Thriller Novel: Mystic River (Dennis Lehane)

Thriller Novel Or Not?

When you read it, you probably experienced a feeling of suspense. Did that get your heart going? For me the right kind of suspense can provide thrills. It was a best seller for Dennis Lehane. Here's my review of this book, which I do consider to be a thriller novel.

A tight plot. Until I read it, I wanted to visit Boston.

After finding out it's such a cold, grey and dismal place, I'll pass. My homeland was the Welsh coal-mining valleys, but I doubt that I could write about them with the (depressing) eloquence that Lehane uses for blue-collar Boston and the Charles river. Nevertheless, a good story, with a real moral dilemma at its core. Only the second Lehane I've read, but he's firmly on my 'to work through' list. The other was Sheet Lightning.

Enjoyable, and a book I looked forward to picking up for my bedtime read.

There's more about Dennis Lehane's thriller novels here at Paste.

The $30m budget movie made a massive gross, well over $100m, was one of Clint Eatswood's best, and was a multiple award winner, gaining Best Actor (Sean Penn) and Best Supporting Actor (Tim Robbins) Oscars in 2003.

And the final word? imdb.com tags it as being 'thriller' genre! Here's the trailer.