Mystic river vs Presumed Innocent: Which Should You Read?

Mystic river Dennis Lehane · 2001 ★★★★☆ 4.2 496 pages · ≈ 9 h 11 m · Moderate

“WHEN SEAN DEVINE and Jimmy Marcus were kids, their fathers worked together at the Coleman Candy plant and carried the stench of warm chocolate back home with them.”

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…

Presumed Innocent Scott Turow · 1987 ★★★★☆ 4.0 431 pages · ≈ 7 h 59 m · Moderate

The novel that launched Turow's career as one of America's pre-eminent thriller writers tells the story of Rusty Sabicch, chief deputy prosecutor in a large Midwestern city. With three weeks to go in his boss'…