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Written by Dennis Lehane - Audio book performed by David Strathairn - Abridged Fiction - 5 COMPACT DISCS - 6 hours

Publisher, Harper Audio (January 2001)

"Dennis Lehane is the heir apparent...his voice is an original." --Michael Connelly

When they were children, Sean Devine, Jimmy Marcus, and Dave Boyle were friends. But then a strange car drove up their street. One boy got in the car, two did not, and something terrible happened--something that ended their friendship and changed the boys forever. Twenty-five years later, Sean is a homicide detective. Jimmy is an ex-con. And Dave is trying to hold his marriage together and keep his demons at bay--demons that urge him to do horrific things.

When Jimmy's daughter is murdered, Sean is assigned to the case. His investigation brings him into conflict with Jimmy, who finds his old criminal impulses tempt him to solve the crime with brutal justice. And then there is Dave, who came home the night Jimmy's daughter died covered in someone else's blood. While Sean attempts to use the law to return peace and order to the neighborhood, Jimmy finds his need for vengeance pushing him ever closer to a moral abyss from which he won't be able to return.

About the Performer: David Strathairn is a familiar face from his distinguished work in dozens of films, among them A Map of the World, Limbo The River Wild, Rob Roberts, LA Confidential, and A Midsummer Night's Dream. He has numerous television credits, and has been a regular on Wiseguy and The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd.