People as damaged goods. Insidiousness of crime. Local corruption. These seem to be major themes of Mystic River.
I didn't like this as a mystery - it reveled in crime and criminals too much. I didn't like it as a police procedural - the cop was too clean.
Or maybe it just made me too uncomfortable with the thought that there are some folks for whom other people are completely expendable, if they get in the way of the pursuit of power or money - even on the small scale of a single neighborhood.
Audio: ca. 15 hours
Print: 416 pages

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