Mystic River /Mystic-River.html Thriller or not? I think it qualifies, because for me, suspense provides a thrill. Does a good thriller stop you sleeping or give you nightmares? It doesn't have to be gory, just frightening. thriller Novel Mystic River Dennis Lehane 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