Brighton (Audiobook)

from Susan.Macura

This is a fast-paced story about two friends who grew up together in Boston - Kevin and Bobby - who are linked together forever by violence in their pasts. Fast forward to where Kevin is a Pulitzer Prize winner and investigative reporter for the Boston Glove while Bobby is immersed in local crimi...

from fhudnell

Kevin and Bobby were boyhood friends in Brighton until a tragedy forced their separation. Kevin went on to become an investigative journalist and win a Pulitzer Prize while Bobby remained in Brighton and became a bookie. Twenty seven years later, Kevin is drawn back to Brighton to investigate the...

from norinrad10

Brighton tells the story of two boys growing up in Brighton MA, during the 70's that are involved in a horrible crime. Intialy it appears that one escapes the shadow of the crime but does he really? For three quarters of this book I thought I'd discovered a masterpiece. Something akin to the earl...

from bogopea

Brighton is like an early Dennis Lehane book . . . gritty, Irish Boston/Brighton, prejudice, love, hate. Though I didn't feel the story could ever be true, I did enjoy reading it (as I'm familiar with the territory and the past) and I was thoroughly surprised by the ending though it seemed approp...

from nwieme

I liked the characters. Made me see into a kind of life that thankfully, I never had to experience. The ending was a bit much- at the river... but all in all I enjoyed it and it kept me reading to find out "who done it". Interesting surprise! I had a feeling, but didn't really think so.